Defector Issues
Information related to North Korean defector issues
Bright lights, not human rights: Why North Koreans envy their neighbors
Ask a North Korean: What do people along the border think about the Chinese – and those living in Pyongyang?
Defector: Why balloons stand no chance of changing North Korea
Foreigners expecting anti-government leaflets to stimulate regime change misunderstand the realities of North Korea
How the famine helped improve our choices in North Korea
How North Korea's devastating famine surprisingly helped improve local access to food and consumer goods
How to get whatever you want in North Korea
While money can buy anything in North Korea, money is not easy to make
Liberty in North Korea: Can you ‘accelerate change’ from the outside?
Group saves refugees, wants to “accelerate change,” but some question its priorities
Refugee in Laos awaits chance to reach S. Korea
Defector doesn't discourage visiting the North, even if it makes money for regime
What’s in a name? Defectors’ organization attracts criticism
Coalition rails against Korea Hana Foundation for name change, budget issues, lack of defector representation
News and newsworthiness in N. Korea: Why it doesn’t exist
Why real news about crime, catastrophe and corruption does not exist in DPRK media
Ask a North Korean: Meet Kim Yoo-sung, son of a fugitive
"My father secretly helped a South Korean prisoner from the Korean War escape from the North"
Human rights in North Korea: Are they actually improving?
Experts divided as to whether things improving on the ground in North Korea
