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Arrivals of N. Korean defectors drop SEOUL, May 8 (Yonhap) -- A total of 366 North Korean defectors arrived in South Korea in the first three months of

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has published its first list of North Korean human rights violations to enhance public awareness about the dire situation in the world’s

ESCAPE FROM CAMP 14 BY BLAINE HARDEN (Mantle £16.99) By Bel Mooney PUBLISHED: 12:33 EST, 3 May 2012 | UPDATED: 12:33 EST, 3 May 2012 Kim Jong

A foundation run by the chairman of South Korean conglomerate Hyundai’s car arm has donated $1.7 milion to the North Korean Refugees Foundation. The Seoul-based ‘Hyundai Motor

Hyundai foundation offers 2 bil won to help N. Korean defectors SEOUL, May 3 (Yonhap) -- A Hyundai foundation pledged Thursday to give 2 billion won (US$1.7 million)

Journalist Laura Ling, who spent nearly five months in 2009 as a captive of the North Korean government, recounted her experiences at the Wichita Bar Association’s annual Law

“This site before Okin Church will become a sacred place of inter-Korean reunification, until the moment that the two Koreas reunite. This will become a power station

Survivor of N. Korean prison camp appeals for action on those left behind PARIS, May 1 (Yonhap) -- A North Korean defector who is the only known person

By Kim Kyu-won, staff writer When G came to South Korea from North Korea last year, he didn’t tell anyone: not his family, not his friends and