There are nearly 35,000 defectors from North Korea living in South Korea. Many of them rely on a secretive network of brokers to check on their families back home or to send them money when their ...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Kim Seong-Min, a prominent North Korean defector who used radio broadcasts, USB sticks and a network of sources in the secretive country to inform the North Korean public ...

SEOUL, South Korea — The kids call him "uncle," but he's more of a mom and dad rolled in one. From one child that he began caring for in 2006, Kim Tae-hoon's brood has grown to nine boys, all ...

South Korea is planning to change the term “defectors” to describe North Koreans who flee the country to resettle in the South, as the word carries “negative connotation”. South Korea’s Ministry of ...