My Name Is Loh Kiwan (2024) Directed by Kim Hee-jin, ‘My Name Is Loh Kiwan’ follows two broken souls: Loh Kiwan (Song Joong-ki), a North Korean defector, and Mari (Choi ... into the fountain of youth.

A group of North Korean defectors handed Ukrainian officials propaganda leaflets urging Pyongyang's fighters to abandon the fight against Ukrainian troops in Russia, according to a new report.

North Korean defector siblings Seohyun Lee and Hyun Seung Lee spoke virtually to students on Saturday evening at the Illini Union. Liberty in North Korea, an international non-profit specializing in ...

Almost 200 North Korean defectors are willing to join Ukraine's fight against Russia as North Korean troops come close to the frontlines of fighting in southern Russia, according to a new report.

The number of North Korean defectors coming to South Korea in the first nine months of this year reached 181, marking an increase from the same period last year, a Unification Ministry official said ...

A group of nearly 200 North Korean defectors living in South Korea is pushing to deploy to Ukraine so they can launch a psychological warfare campaign against their former comrades, now reportedly ...

The defector was effectively prevented from entering this country Friday for a visit to raise awareness about North Korean human-rights abuses, after attending a United Nations forum in Geneva.

“We are all military veterans who understand North Korea’s military culture and psychological state better than anyone else,” Ahn Chan-il, a 69-year-old defector and member of the ...

The defectors can leverage their military expertise and understanding of the culture of their compatriots to disrupt and weaken the resolve of North Korean soldiers on the battlefield. This picture ...

Pyongyang has long denounced defectors as "human scum", and Kim has further tightened border controls over the past few years. The North's Korea Association for Human Rights Studies this month ...