A North Korean man who identified himself as a civilian crossed the heavily fortified military demarcation line between the ...

A North Korean man crossed the DMZ on foot before midnight Thursday, asking South Korean troops for help in a rare defection ...

North Korean soldiers dig a trench and plant trees in the area where, on Nov. 13, a defector ran across the border at the Demilitarized Zone dividing North Korea and South Korea, Nov. 22, 2017.

A North Korean man crossed into South Korea on Thursday in what appears to be a carefully planned defection, exploiting gaps ...

A North Korean soldier defected through the demilitarized zone, the South Korean military and local media said Tuesday, the second cross-border defection this month amid a loudspeaker propaganda ...

In a rare and risky crossing that underscores both the desperation of life under the North Korean regime and the persistent ...

Residents of villages located within the demilitarized zone (DMZ) and Civilian Control Line areas of Paju, Gyeonggi, are suffering due to North Korea’s loudspeaker broadcasts targeting the South.

A North Korean defector is filing civil and criminal charges against the country's leader Kim Jong Un for abuses she faced while detained in the country. Choi Min-kyung fled the North to China in 1997 ...

A North Korean man was taken into custody by the South Korean military after crossing the heavily fortified border between ...

A North Korean national flag in North Korea's propaganda village of Gijungdong is seen from a South Korea's observation post inside the demilitarized zone (DMZ) separating South and North Korea on ...

The incident comes after a North Korean soldier defected to the South by crossing the MDL in August last year. Also last year ...

A North Korean defector dodged a shoot-on-sight order, armed guards, and dozens of land mines to cross one of the most militarized borders in the world. The civilian crossed into South Korea after ...