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Ex-North Korean soldier claims families of captured troops in Ukraine face execution in shocking interviewFormer North Korean soldier who turned defector and crossed the DMZ has now claimed that the families of those soldiers captured in the Ukr...- Why North Korean soldiers are killing themselves on Ukraine battlefieldsNorth Korean soldiers are helping Russia in the war against Ukraine. Evidence suggests they resort to self-detonation and suicide to avoid ...
- A North Korean voice that Kim Jong Un would like to silenceKim Seongmin, a North Korean defector, broadcasts news into North Korea despite having cancer and facing severe censorship. Under Kim Jong ...
- Ex-North Korean diplomat appointed a vice minister in South Korea, highest post for any defectorSouth Korea's president appointed former North Korean diplomat Tae Yongho as a vice minister, the highest-ranking position for a North Kore...
- K-pop leads to death: North Korean youth publicly executed for listening to South Korean musicA 22-year-old man in North Korea was publicly executed in 2022 for listening to and sharing K-pop music and South Korean films, according t...
- South Korea activists defy warning to fly balloons into NorthAn activist group in South Korea said on Thursday it had flown balloons into North Korea carrying leaflets criticising leader Kim Jong Un, ...
- North Korea's trash balloons deepen tensions with the South. Here's what's happening between rivalsTensions rise between North and South Korea as North Korea sends balloons carrying trash to South Korea, prompting retaliatory steps from t...
- Seoul spy agency warns N. Korea plotting attacks on embassiesSouth Korea's intelligence agency warned of potential "terrorist" attacks by North Korea targeting South Korean officials and citizens abro...
- North Korea threatens to respond to anti-Pyongyang propaganda leaflets with a 'shower of shells'The ruling came in response to a complaint filed by North Korean defector-activists in the South. They included Park Sang-hak, who has been...
- North Korea apparently reopens border due to economic difficulties: SeoulNorth Korea has decided to reopen its border after more than three years of tight virus curbs due to economic challenges. The country has a...
- How North Korean women and children face hardships after defecting to South KoreaNorth Korean women escaping to China face even less freedom and are vulnerable to trafficking and violence. Third-country-born children of ...
- North Korea: Two-year-old sent to life imprisonment after Bible found in parents' possessionIt is estimated that between 50,000 and 70,000 North Korean citizens have been imprisoned for ‘being Christians’. An entire family, includi...
- ‘Squid Game’ star Jung Ho-Yeon becomes 1st South Korean actress to feature in ‘Times 100 Next’ listThe actress began her career as a freelance model before turning to acting.
- South Korean crosses armed border in rare defection to NorthThe border crossing, which is illegal in South Korea, came as North Korea carries out strict anti-coronavirus measures since shutting borde...
- Kim Jong Un 'very sorry' over killing of South Korean, Seoul saysThe fisheries official was shot dead on Tuesday by North Korean soldiers, and Seoul says his body was set on fire while still in the water,...
- North Korea to redeploy troops near border amid tensionsThe North Korean announcements came a day after it blew up a joint liaison office set up on its side of the border as part of a 2018 peace ...
- Entrepreneurs in North Korea? Not as rare as you would thinkThere’s an e-commerce site called Manmulsang -- which means the everything store, in a nod to Amazon.com Inc. -- and Okryu, a mobile-shoppi...
- 20,000 North Koreans work as bonded labourers abroad: UN reportSome of the host countries for such workers apart from Russia and China are Mongolia, Malaysia, Qatar, Kuwait, among others.
- Myanmar building nuke reactor, says media reportAfter Iran and North Korea, the next international pariah to be accused of having nuclear ambitions is Myanmar. If true, the full weight of...
- China to close bridges linked to NKorea for OlympicsChina plans to shut down all bridges linked to N Korea during next month's Olympics as part of its efforts to prevent N Koreans from crossi...
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