SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea imposed some of the harshest COVID-related border restrictions in the world, and their gradual loosening in recent months brings hope that the privations and shortages ...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) – Activists and the occasional celebrity have gathered nearly every day in front of the Chinese Embassy for more than two weeks, sometimes scuffling with police or tearing up ...

International organizations are concerned about North Korean defectors detained in China. They could soon be repatriated to North Korea, where they might face harsh punishment. Not many people make it ...

As COVID-19 cases in China surge, North Korean defectors are unable to receive proper treatment even when confronting serious coronavirus symptoms, according to sources that spoke to Daily NK. A ...

SEOUL (Reuters) - Eight North Korean defectors in China face involuntary repatriation after being detained by Chinese police last month, the Human Rights Watch group and a pastor who has been ...

A North Korean defector has issued an emotional plea to one of the world's most powerful men, China's President Xi Jinping. "My son is now four, please think of my son as you think of your grandson ...

SEOUL (Reuters) - Ten North Koreans, including a four-year-old child, have been detained in China, where they face being deported back to the North, two sources with direct knowledge of the situation ...

China usually sends defectors back to North Korea, but Pyongyang wouldn't let them in during the pandemic. That may soon change, and has led to... North Korean defectors may face deportation by China ...

Not many people make it out of North Korea. The country seals its borders. And, unless you go to sea, you can only escape to two neighboring countries, South Korea or China. Those who reached China ...