The number of N. Korean defectors entering S. Korea fell to 224 in 2025, down from the previous year and still well below pre ...

Fewer North Koreans defected across the southern borderthis year than the previous year for a annual total of 224, South ...

EXCLUSIVE: The prestigious True/False Film Fest announced a 2026 lineup packed with world premieres and prize-winning films.

Japanese court orders Pyongyang to pay damages to survivors of deceptive repatriation program - A Japanese court has held North Korea responsible for human rights violations against four plaintiffs ...

The Korean people in the North live under an even more totalitarian system than Iran. They endure information starvation and internal surveillance.

When María del Pilar Álvarez, a professor of Korean Studies at the University of Salvador in Argentina, visited Korea for the first time, she flew approximately 19,000 kilometers to reach Seoul. As a ...

There’s something unsettling about a government that refuses to allow its people a choice. We’re talking about n’t just ...

A group of defectors petitioned S. Korea's National Human Rights Commission to block Unification Ministry's move to change ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The newly debuted K-Pop group 1VERSE. - SINGING BEETLE In a quiet corner of Seoul’s Hyuga Cafe, a warm, honey-toned space nestled ...

Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — In a quiet corner of Seoul’s Hyuga Cafe, a warm, honey-toned space nestled inside what once served as the dormitory for K-pop megaband BTS, two young men sip iced americanos ...

A Japanese court has held North Korea responsible for human rights violations against four plaintiffs lured to the country by false promises of a "paradise on Earth." ...

The success of North Korean movie “Days and Nights” suggests that cinematic taboos in the nation’s state-controlled entertainment industry may be relaxing.