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Defector Issues

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‘Frack’ North Korea with targeted information: Report

‘Frack’ North Korea with targeted information: Report

Giving Northerners more data may not overthrow the regime, but may help them reshape it, author says

‘Frack’ North Korea with targeted information: Report
Hamish Macdonald
Hamish Macdonald May 13, 2015
Low-class health care in N. Korea

Low-class health care in N. Korea

Quality of one's medical treatment depends greatly on social status, budget cuts

Low-class health care in N. Korea
Kim Yoo-sung
Kim Yoo-sung May 13, 2015
Chosun Ilbo brings new perspective on North Korean defectors

Chosun Ilbo brings new perspective on North Korean defectors

Despite use of anti-DPRK terms, stories on defectors' lives, economic benefits positive for future unification

Chosun Ilbo brings new perspective on North Korean defectors
Ha-young Choi
Ha-young Choi May 5, 2015
Behind the decline in North Korean defections

Behind the decline in North Korean defections

Kim Jong Un’s regime has applied smarter, not stricter, policies to bring down escapees

Behind the decline in North Korean defections
Andrei Lankov
Andrei Lankov May 5, 2015
Reporting on North Korean defectors, struggling with objectivity

Reporting on North Korean defectors, struggling with objectivity

Reporter's 'journalistic detachment' masked fear, anger while covering refugees' flight to freedom

Reporting on North Korean defectors, struggling with objectivity
Rob York
Rob York May 4, 2015
Defection from N. Korea: A report from the war zone

Defection from N. Korea: A report from the war zone

Journalist haunted by memories of North Koreans he reported on in China, Siberia, elsewhere

Defection from N. Korea: A report from the war zone
Rob York
Rob York May 4, 2015
North and South Korea: Toujours triste

North and South Korea: Toujours triste

Events at end of April, beginning of May highlight ongoing struggle for victims’ recognition on Korean Peninsula

North and South Korea: Toujours triste
Dennis P. Halpin
Dennis P. Halpin April 29, 2015
Read my lips: Don’t believe North Korea’s ‘no taxes’ talk

Read my lips: Don’t believe North Korea’s ‘no taxes’ talk

Officially banned since '74, taxes still hit North Koreans in different forms

Read my lips: Don’t believe North Korea’s ‘no taxes’ talk
Kim Yoo-sung
Kim Yoo-sung April 24, 2015
Empowering North Korean defectors in the U.S.

Empowering North Korean defectors in the U.S.

Defection to U.S. an entirely different challenge than going to South Korea, ENoK president says

Empowering North Korean defectors in the U.S.
David Tian
David Tian April 13, 2015
North Korea never misses chance to bash U.S.

North Korea never misses chance to bash U.S.

Regime succeeds in making people fearful, despite inroads made by American pop culture

North Korea never misses chance to bash U.S.
Ji-Min Kang
Ji-Min Kang April 1, 2015
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