Defector Issues
Information related to North Korean defector issues
North Korea in January 2024: A month in review and what’s ahead
An analytical look at the main developments from January 1, 2024 to January 31, 2024
Timeline: From North Korean missiles in Ukraine to ROK becoming enemy ‘No. 1’
NK Pro timeline charts the key events from Jan. 1 to Jan. 31, 2024
North Korea expands coastal fencing in likely bid to stop defections by sea
NK Pro analysis shows DPRK added or renovated over 300 miles of fencing, justifying it as effort to keep out disease
North Korea blasts ‘rampant violence’ against youth and women in UK
But expert calls report, which fails to reveal official statistics, a routine bashing of countries hostile to DPRK
Seoul condemns Beijing over North Korean escapee issue at UN human rights review
South Korea pressures China about its forced repatriation of DPRK escapees for first time at Universal Periodic Review
Distilling a life: A North Korean escapee takes her homebrews out of the shadows
Kim Seonghui learned the North's art of alcohol in secret. Now she’s turning it into a business in the South.
Interview: Depicting the inequalities of North Korean army life in film
DPRK escapee Jung Haneul discusses how he drew on his own experiences in the military to craft his directorial debut
Number of North Korean defectors who reached South tripled to 196 last year
Seoul says 'elite' defectors like diplomats made up significant part of total in 2023 as DPRK began to reopen
Ask a North Korean: Why a DPRK laborer in Russia decided to defect
A recent defector writes about growing disillusioned during 90s famine and how pandemic pushed him to make a break
Interview: How a North Korean defector’s daring escape led him to ROK politics
Park Choong-kwon went from studying missiles in DPRK to working at Hyundai Steel and advising the South’s ruling party
