The number of N. Korean defectors entering S. Korea fell to 224 in 2025, down from the previous year and still well below pre ...

Fewer North Koreans defected across the southern borderthis year than the previous year for a annual total of 224, South ...

Japanese court orders Pyongyang to pay damages to survivors of deceptive repatriation program - A Japanese court has held North Korea responsible for human rights violations against four plaintiffs ...

The Korean people in the North live under an even more totalitarian system than Iran. They endure information starvation and internal surveillance.

When María del Pilar Álvarez, a professor of Korean Studies at the University of Salvador in Argentina, visited Korea for the first time, she flew approximately 19,000 kilometers to reach Seoul. As a ...

The Iranian regime is terrible. What comes next might be worse.

A group of defectors petitioned S. Korea's National Human Rights Commission to block Unification Ministry's move to change ...

Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — In a quiet corner of Seoul’s Hyuga Cafe, a warm, honey-toned space nestled inside what once served as the dormitory for K-pop megaband BTS, two young men sip iced americanos ...

A Japanese court has held North Korea responsible for human rights violations against four plaintiffs lured to the country by false promises of a "paradise on Earth." ...

South Korean police say a joint military-police team has summoned a civilian to investigate if the person sent drones toward North Korea.

The success of North Korean movie “Days and Nights” suggests that cinematic taboos in the nation’s state-controlled entertainment industry may be relaxing.