See Photos From North Korea’s Massive 70th Anniversary Military Parade A soldier stands at a parade in Pyongyang, North Korea, on Oct. 10, 2015.

Escaping North Korea is one of the most dangerous and nearly impossible feats anyone can attempt. In this video, we explore the harsh realities of attempting to flee the secretive and oppressive ...

We had the option to escape to South Korea, but it was around 2004, when George W. Bush signed the North Korean Human Rights Act that allows North Korean refugees to legally come to America.

Through experience, North Korean people do not trust the government and have no expectations to get any help or protection from it. For North Koreans to make a living, escape from North Korea ...

For years, foreign tourists have marveled at South Korea’s Surfy Beach in Gangwon's Yangyang. Now, North Korea is offering ...

Shin Dong-hyuk is the only person known to have been born in North Korea's prison camps and gotten out alive. Journalist Blaine Harden tells the story of Shin's daring escape.

How to escape from North Korea The heavily-fortified DMZ can’t be breached, so those wishing to flee use a massive underground railroad across Asia. Defying the risks, thousands make it out.

Earlier this year, Mr Kim pulled off a seemingly impossible escape from North Korea. He fled by sea with his entire family - his pregnant wife, his mother, his brother's family, ...

A South Korean pastor who helps would-be defectors escape North Korea told CNN that the whole journey could cost up to $20,000 (£15,000).

Journalist Blaine Harden first uncovered Shin’s story in 2008 and has now turned it into the riveting new biography “Escape from Camp 14: One Man’s Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to ...

FILE - In this Sept. 23, 2014, file photo, North Korean human rights activist Shin Dong-hyuk delivers remarks during an event on human rights in North Korea at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel, in New York.

Lee Min-bok, 60, was a researcher at North Korea’s Academy of Agricultural Science. He first tried to defect, unsuccessfully, in 1990. He eventually left North Korea in June 1991 and came to ...