Tag: defections

I took another look at North Korea's uranium refinery in Pyongsan county, North Hwanghae province, using various satellite images. I utilized thermal IR and...

A woman in her 30s in Hyesan, Ryanggang province, was arrested by provincial state security officers on charges of leaking domestic information abroad. According to...

Four North Koreans who tried unsuccessfully to defect by sea in late April have been sentenced to political prison camps. "Four people who got caught...

Two North Korean defectors who were arrested by Chinese police in February while attempting to reach South Korea have recently been released. The defectors...

North Korean state security agents in North Hamgyong province have been ordered to strengthen border defense due to complex international developments. A source in the...

State security officers in Hoeryong have intensified pressure on defectors' families, forcing them to confess to receiving illegal remittances. Under relentless intimidation, many families...

Four North Koreans were handed over to state security after being intercepted by a maritime patrol vessel while attempting to defect in a small...

North Korea has launched ideological lectures for youth workers mobilized to construct large-scale greenhouse farms near Sinuiju and Uiju in North Pyongan province. The...

Security officials in North Korea's northern border city of Hoeryong are pressuring families of defectors to confess receiving money from relatives abroad and surrender...

North Korea demands women serve solely as dutiful wives and mothers with no personal identity. A new book, "Women Are Not Dead," chronicles Seol...