Yeon Mi Park escaped North Korea when she was 13 years old. And escape only brought more challenges. North Korean defectors risk being killed, imprisoned, and trafficked after they escape.

The chances of escaping North Korea are incredibly slim ... So then, why did one man who managed to escape willingly decide to go back?

The vast majority are men whose passports are confiscated once they enter Russia and whose wives and children must remain in ...

This story appears in the June 2018 issue of National Geographic magazine. There are 25 million people in North Korea, but the only visible portraits are of its leaders. Regular people are rarely ...

The highest-ranking defector to escape North Korea in years, Ri Il Kyu has met Kim Jong Un seven times. Setting out his aims for next year, Kim Jong Un also hardened his stance on unification with ...

Officials' wives are increasingly taking jobs in road maintenance to avoid mandatory labor assignments, Daily NK has learned.

SEOUL--A senior North Korean diplomat based in Cuba defected to South Korea in November, a South Korean newspaper said on Tuesday, becoming the highest-ranking North Korean diplomat to escape to ...

PANMUNJOM, South Korea--The U.S. ambassador to the ... Later in Seoul, she met with a group of young North Korean defectors, lauding their escape to the South as “courageous, inspiring.” ...