Defector Issues
Information related to North Korean defector issues
What was the biggest change in North Korea over the past 5 years?
Over five days NK News explores a changing North Korea: past, present and future
The secret to watching Steven Seagal movies in North Korea
Ask a North Korean: What was it like growing up in Pyongyang?
S. Korean gvt. calls for greater control of N. Korean diaspora
South Korean media monitoring: Focus North Korea
Plastic surgery in North Korea: More common than you’d think
"Some of my friends tried to make double-eyelids with transparent sticky tapes made in the shape of eyelids"
From Kim to Christ: Why religion works for North Koreans
Ask a North Korean: Explaining the transition from Kim Il Sung-ism to Christianity
How to have fun in North Korea
Remembering low-watt TVs and off-key singing in the dark as spare-time enjoyment
Ask a North Korean: Meet Ji Min from Pyongyang
"Watching Pyongyang’s misery on TV make it clear that my soul remains in that land"
Ask a North Korean: Introducing Mina, a soldier turned student
Meet one of the new authors of our ongoing “Ask a North Korean” feature
Of spies and defectors in north east Asia
Long, severe detention process for would-be defectors raises questions
Bringing the free press to North Korea
Defector turned newspaper proprietor plans infiltration in his home country
