SEOUL -- Thousands of North Korean women fleeing famine in their homeland in recent years say they have been sold as "brides" to Chinese men, who often force them into backbreaking labor and ...

North Korea's women have won another U-20 World Cup. It's their third to date, ... Life in rural North Korea is tough, with shortages in food and health care reportedly common.

Roughly 70% of all North Korean defectors are female . This is a media trend like none other. It wrings content from young women who’ve escaped the world’s most tyrannical regime.

North Korean defectors who became brides for rural Chinese men, they faced another excruciating choice when they suffered abuse: to flee to South Korea and leave their children.

Kim Hye Soon, a 36-year-old divorcee, met the man she considers her fourth husband one day and agreed to marry him the next. Only there was no gown, no music, no celebratory meal -- no proper ...

After fleeing North Korea to avoid extreme poverty and oppression, the young woman allowed a stranger to arrange a marriage for her with a rural Chinese farmer because she had nowhere to go. An eve… ...

The North Korean girls were allowed outside once every six months, or if their earnings were high enough, once a month. In those rare moments, they did shopping or went to get their hair done.

North Korean women who flee their country are often targets for exploitation. ... but bride trafficking has been a large market in the rural areas of China, close to the North Korean border.

SEOUL, South Korea — After fleeing North Korea to avoid extreme poverty and oppression, the young woman allowed a stranger to arrange a marriage for her with a rural Chinese farmer because she ...

North Korea's young women have won both the U17 and U20 soccer World Cup. ... Life in rural North Korea is tough, with shortages in food and health care reportedly common.

The North Korean girls were allowed outside once every six months, or if their earnings were high enough, once a month. In those rare moments, they did shopping or went to get their hair done.