A North Korean defector (at right) weeps while describing her ordeal at the Seoul Press Center. She spent time in a North Korean prison and explained the atrocities committed, urging an investigation by the International Criminal Court. The event was...

The South Korean government should maintain its principled stance and consistently include a strong human rights agenda in all future dealings with North Korea, Human Rights Watch and three other nongovernmental organizations said in a letter to the...

It’s documented that North Korean leader Kim Jong-il's third son Kim Jong-un, rumored to be the heir apparent, accompanied his father on a trip to Wonsan in April. The Mainichi Shimbun paper said this was the first time a written document revealed...

An international group of lawmakers meeting in Thailand has urged countries to better protect and support North Korean defectors. They also demanded that China stop forcibly repatriating refugees to North Korea, where they could face...

Just a simple trip to a Seoul supermarket can present North Korean refugees with freedoms, choices and problems they'd never imagined in the North, where food choices are extremely limited. "Many can't understand why they are so many brands of...