People defect from North Korea for political, material, and personal reasons. Defectors flee to various countries, mainly South Korea. In South Korea, they...

of notable defectors from North Korea to South Korea. In total, as of 2016[update], 31,093 North Korean defectors had entered South Korea. By 2020 the...

defectors". From a total of 25,000 North Korean defectors living in South Korea, about 800 are missing, some of whom may have returned to the North....

larger group of North Korean defectors who have left North Korea. Husband and wife Choe Deok-sin and Ryu Mi-yong defected to the North in 1986. Ryu became...

destinations of choice for North Korean defectors aiming to either resettle in third countries, or pass in transit to South Korea. Although the Royal Thai...

without anesthesia. Human experimentation in North Korea has been described by several North Korean defectors, including former prisoner Lee Soon-ok, former...

the most famous North Korean defectors in the world". She fled from North Korea to China in 2007 at age 13 before moving to South Korea, then to the United...

North Korea is the testimony of defectors, but the defectors are not necessarily reliable for several reasons. Overall, much information about North Korea...

detain North Korean defectors and provide the North Korean government with information on who would defect. The issue is that repatriating defectors as illegal...

consisting of North Korean defectors, formed by former defecting members of the Korean People's Army, planning to overthrow the North Korean government. It is...