Defector Issues
Information related to North Korean defector issues
Risky business: How a North Korean woman smuggled and bribed her way to success
Kim Mi Sook shunned typical women’s jobs for dangerous but profitable ventures, making it big as a money broker
North Korea threatens death penalty for illegal drug sales – Ep. 248
The NK News team talks latest developments on DPRK, from forced repatriation to COVID and more
Ask a North Korean: Do North Koreans enjoy state media?
Organizations set aside time for reading newspapers, but most citizens find it tedious and overstuffed with ideology
Up close and personal at the Demilitarized Zone – Ep. 247
NK News team members and former military cross Civilian Control Line to get close to North Korea in central border area
Interview: What South Korea’s new human rights envoy means for inter-Korean ties
Robert King says South Korea no longer willing to place DPRK human rights on back burner, calls on US to do the same
North Korean prisoner of war dies in South without realizing repatriation wish
ROK authorities refused to allow DPRK partisan Ri Tu Hwa to return to North after she was captured during Korean War
South Koreans divided on 2019 repatriation of two North Koreans, polls show
Opinions fall along party lines, with conservatives more likely to see handover by progressive government as mistake
North Korean appeals 13-year sentence to Russian penal colony for 2019 attack
Fisherman was one of two sentenced to time for attack on Russian coast guard, and case will now go to higher court
Book review: How one North Korean summoned the courage to resist her fate
Jihyun Park’s account of her escape from the DPRK provides a sobering look at her struggle for freedom
Unification ministry employees slam ‘reversal’ on repatriation of North Koreans
Public officials’ union says decision to release photos of 2019 handover turned case into ‘tool for political strife’
