Tag: defector
Thoughts on Hwang Jang-yup’s memoirs
It has now been almost 30 years since Hwang Jang-yop defected to South Korea, but he remains the highest-ranking defector in history, far above...
North Korean authorities use South Korean program to restore deleted files
North Korean authorities are using a South Korean program that restores deleted files to crackdown on the entry, distribution, and consumption of information from...
Lecture in N. Hamgyong Province claims recent returnee heightened threat of...
A Daily NK source in North Hamgyong Province reported recently that North Korean authorities held a lecture for communist party members, workers and cadres...
Kaesong’s civil defense forces in a state of “emergency mobilization”
After North Korea declared a state of emergency in Kaesong Special City, the city near the Military Demarcation Line (MDL) where a North Korean...
N. Korea begins probe into 2nd and 4th corps following returnee...
North Korea has begun an investigation into the military's 2nd Corps and 4th Corps as part of its efforts to find out how a...
N. Korean “runaway” turned himself in to Kaesong authorities, source says
A defector allegedly infected with COVID-19 who recently crossed over the inter-Korean border had turned himself in to Kaesong Ministry of State Security (MSS)...
