22-year-old Nara barely knew what social media is before her defection from North Korea. But now she’s become ... explains what's behind the US capital's most famous urban legends.

All North Korean recruits are taught a song that includes a verse about saving their last bullet for themselves to avoid capture, one former soldier told NBC News.

A famous North Korean defector has revealed how dictator Kim Jong-un annually selects 25 virgin girls to join his “Pleasure Squad.” Yeonmi Park, who escaped from North Korea at a young age ...

More than 30,000 North Korean defectors arrived in South Korea during the last few decades. Since 2012, only 30 have returned. For many defectors it’s difficult to adjust. For a few it might be ...

The case of two North Korean fishermen, who murdered 16 compatriots before they sought asylum, has become a political ...

As China’s COVID-19 case counts soar, “North Korean defectors in China can’t receive treatment even if they are infected,” one source said. The Yoon administration has opened ...

But Lee Chul Eun is one of them. Lee, 38, a North Korean defector and former soldier now living in South Korea, said it is “devastating” to see troops from the reclusive, communist-ruled North ...

Two North Korean defectors are breaking into the world of Korean pop, with dreams of performing in the country they left behind In recent years, South Korean K-pop idols have amassed millions of ...

A high-level defector has told the US Congress that spreading outside information in North Korea is the best way to deal with the regime. Thae Yong-ho said undermining Kim Jong-un's God-like ...