the North Korean regime or ethnic Koreans disguised as North Korean defectors. In addition, if North Korean defectors pass the interrogation safely, they...

of notable defectors from North Korea to South Korea. In total, as of 2016[update], 31,093 North Korean defectors had entered South Korea. By 2020 the...

defectors". From a total of 25,000 North Korean defectors living in South Korea, about 800 are missing, some of whom may have returned to the North....

South Korean culture due to factors such as culture shock and hostility from South Koreans towards defectors. North Korean defectors in South Korea face...

destinations of choice for North Korean defectors aiming to either resettle in third countries, or pass in transit to South Korea. Although the Royal Thai...

language because North Korean defectors often speak a dialect rather than the standard language. Some scholars argue that North Korean propaganda and the...

without anesthesia. Human experimentation in North Korea has been described by several North Korean defectors, including former prisoner Lee Soon-ok, former...

the most famous North Korean defectors in the world". She fled from North Korea to China in 2007 at age 13 before moving to South Korea, then to the United...

of North Korean defectors in South Korea North Korea–South Korea relations North Korean defectors Hyung-Min Joo, "Underground Markets in North Korea",...

larger group of North Korean defectors who have left North Korea. Husband and wife Choe Deok-sin and Ryu Mi-yong defected to the North in 1986. Ryu became...

consisting of North Korean defectors, formed by former defecting members of the Korean People's Army, planning to overthrow the North Korean government. It is...

North Korea is the testimony of defectors, but the defectors are not necessarily reliable for several reasons. Overall, much information about North Korea...

participating North Korean defectors' organizations, ex-military members are over-represented. Women constitute up to 70 percent of North Korean defectors; however...

detain North Korean defectors and provide the North Korean government with information on who would defect. The issue is that repatriating defectors as illegal...

defectors of North and South Korea. North Korean defectors, often going to South Korea North Koreans in South Korea South Korean defectors (to North Korea)...

Ri Jong-yol (Korean: 리정렬; born 1998) is a North Korean defector and child prodigy of mathematics. After winning silver at the 2016 International Mathematical...

Prostitution in North Korea is illegal and is not visible to visitors. Accounts given by some North Korean defectors say that a collection of women called...

documentary film that deals with North Korean defectors fleeing through or to China. Escape from Camp 14, a book about a North Korean born child and his life under...

reaching $105 million per year. North Korea's punishments for defectors and China's lack of legal protection for North Korean refugees force women to withstand...

Bloc defectors Martin and Mitchell defection List of American and British defectors in the Korean War South Korean defectors List of Iranian defectors List...

aviator who served as a senior lieutenant in the Korean People's Army Air and Anti-Air Force during the Korean War. Under colonial rule, No was required to...

famine resulted in an influx of South Korean investors and North Korean defectors. A sizeable number of South Korean men settled in the country for marital...

shortages persist even in the 2020s. The majority of North Korean defectors who live in South Korea came from the province after crossing the relatively...

young female North Korean defectors (dubbed by the producers as "defector beauties") who discuss their experiences in both North and South Korea. They discuss...

are offered for free. However, this claim has been contested by North Korean defectors, who assert that patients must in fact pay for health services,...

Prisons in North Korea (often referred to by Western media and critics as "North Korean gulags") have conditions that are unsanitary, life-threatening...

R. Myers (2014) Defectors have testified that most North Koreans are unaware of the concept of sexual orientation. Most defectors only realized that...

South Korea. The term Korean Americans (also rendered as Korean-Americans) usually encompasses citizens of the United States of full or partial Korean descent...

other North Korean defectors [testified].' Bregman, Sarah (2021). "Celebrity Defectors: Representations of North Korea in Euro-American and South Korean Intimate...

adaptation" of North Korean defectors, preparing them for life in the South. Three months' stay in this facility is mandatory for all North Koreans arriving...