Defector Issues
Information related to North Korean defector issues
Film to document efforts to rescue North Korean refugees
Fly-on-wall style documentary tracks rescue process and humanitarian who undertakes it
After 60 years of division, how do North Koreans say ‘tractor?’
Among other differences, North Koreans have little use for loanwords, even from Chinese
Author of book on North Korea’s founding addresses Shin controversy
Author emphasizes efforts to make updated version of Shin story available, plus trauma's effect on memory
Book on defecting fighter pilot tackles North Korea’s founding
Author of controversial story on Shin Dong-hyuk tells story of a very different kind of defector
Studying abroad with your family held hostage
Few North Koreans can go to foreign countries at all, and those who do leave family behind as leverage
Children of North Koreans, living between borders
A generation of half-Korean children, denied full legal rights, come of age in China
Is no news good news in North Korea?
Northerners are blocked from exposure to international news, even in the black market
When North Korean women become brides in China
Many women see arrangement, while potentially abusive, as relatively stable
The myth of a sealed China-N. Korea border
Stories of widespread border fencing, and of increased tensions between neighbors, are highly exaggerated
Engagement with North Korea again? Perhaps
A year after the COI report engagement – and the need for it – continues
