But Lee Chul Eun is one of them. Lee, 38, a North Korean defector and former soldier now living in South Korea, said it is “devastating” to see troops from the reclusive, communist-ruled North ...

It has been said that everything is brand new to those who don’t know history. Earlier this year, I was interviewed live on ...

Defectors in Seoul share sentiments about North Korean soldiers in Russia. SEOUL -- Over 12,000 North Korean troops are estimated to be fighting against Ukrainian forces in Russia’s Kursk region ...

22-year-old Nara barely knew what social media is before her defection from North Korea. But now she’s become a celebrity online, sharing her unique insight about life back home. Emerging ...

The findings are based on extensive research, including in-depth interviews in 2024 with 27 male and female defectors who served in the North Korean military. Except for two individuals who fled ...

Russia and Iran like to tout themselves as America's largest and most determined enemies, but everyone in the international community knows few geopolitical beefs run deeper than the United States ...

EyePress News/Shutterstock But it is among mounting evidence from the battlefield, intelligence reports, and testimonies of defectors that some North Korean soldiers are resorting to extreme ...

j.g. John Koelsch was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for heroism as a rescue helicopter pilot during the Korean ... but when North Korea invaded South Korea on June 25, 1950, he ...

This article contains spoilers for Squid Game Season 2. Park plays Kang No-eul, a North Korean defector who is desperately trying to find out more information about her young daughter left behind ...

In 2019, four defectors used a small boat to cross ... in a helicopter with his family. In 1996, another North Korean pilot flew a MiG-19 fighter jet to South Korea. The most perilous route ...

SEOUL – After a battle in Russia’s snowy western region of Kursk this week, Ukrainian special forces scoured the bodies of more than a dozen slain North Korean enemy soldiers. Among them, they ...