Tag: defections
When one North Korean defector disappears in China, police round up...
Chinese police have sharply intensified surveillance of North Korean defectors living in China, summoning and interrogating entire social networks whenever a single individual goes...
North Koreans in China gripped by repatriation fears as bilateral ties...
North Koreans living in China without legal status are growing increasingly anxious as signs emerge of a broader thaw in relations between Pyongyang and...
N. Korean defectors in China lose savings to trusted individuals who...
Female defectors working part-time to support families back home have no recourse when Chinese nationals refuse to return money, unable to use banks or...
Hyesan excludes unmarried workers from China dispatch, using families as ‘hostages’...
Ryanggang province authorities now require overseas candidates to be married with children, tightening selection criteria as regime seeks to prevent defections by holding family...
North Korean remittance brokers disguise themselves as traveling salespeople to evade...
Operators in border regions carry sweets and underwear to mask their use of Chinese mobile phones for money transfers, as state security intensifies surveillance...
S. Korea’s plan to scrap N. Korean human rights center risks...
A report recently emerged that the government is considering a plan to essentially scrap the establishment of the National Center for North Korean Human...
North Korean defector beaten by in-laws after failed escape attempt in...
A North Korean defector in China's Liaoning province who ran away from her Chinese husband was caught and savagely beaten by her Chinese in-laws....
News of North Korean soldier’s defection spreads quietly along China border
News of a North Korean soldier's recent defection to the South is quietly spreading among people living along the North Korea-China border. Due to...
‘Walking into a tiger’s den’: Chinese brokers turn informants as defection...
Chinese police are co-opting brokers who help North Korean defectors in China reach South Korea, taking control of defection routes and intensifying crackdowns. Growing...
N. Korean families lose life savings after remittance broker arrest
Families of North Korean defectors have suffered significant financial losses after state security officers in Musan county, North Hamgyong province, arrested an illegal remittance...
