People who manage to leave North Korea are often known as “defectors” — even when they are ordinary citizens, rather than government officials or military personnel. That’s because, when you are born ...
SEOUL, South Korea – North Korea’s top military official — a key mentor to young new leader Kim Jong Un who served under his father — has been removed from all posts because of illness, state media ...
On April 15, the constituents of Seoul’s most affluent district in Gangnam elected a North Korean defector as their parliamentary representative in a general election held at the height of the global ...