Tag: Defectors
“Citizens with North Korean backgrounds”? What gives?
On Feb. 21, Korea's Presidential Committee for National Cohesion established a special commission on "trends among citizens with a North Korean background" to develop...
China steps up crackdown on N. Korean defectors’ fake IDs
Chinese police have recently started tracking down North Korean defectors with fake IDs and confiscating their documents, Daily NK has learned.
Speaking on condition of...
Two N. Korean defectors in China arrested for talking about going...
Two North Korean defectors who talked to each other about going to South Korea were recently arrested by the Chinese police in Hebei Province,...
The tragic story of a North Korean “defector hunter”
Editor's Note: This article was originally published in Korean in November 2021.
In early November 2012, North Korea's Ministry of State Security (MSS) made it...
Chinese police intensify efforts to prevent N. Korean defectors from escaping...
The Chinese police have begun indoctrinating the members of Chinese families who live with North Korean defector women as part of efforts to prevent...
N. Korean agents arrest family members of defectors near border
Security agents made several arrests of family members of North Korean defectors living in the China-North Korea border areas of Yanggang Province late last...
North Korean defectors in China talk about their hardscrabble lives
Some personal horror stories of North Korean defectors who have spent years in China living a socially isolated life in appalling conditions have been...
New survey of female N. Korean defectors in China reveals their...
Daily NK recently conducted a survey of 40 North Korean defectors in China that revealed their greatest hopes for 2024.
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Lack of identification papers makes life miserable for many N. Korean...
Forced to live in constant fear due to the lack of identification papers, many North Korean defectors in China are spending the New Year...
N. Korean official confronted by angry ex-employees over unpaid wages
An official who once worked at a North Korean construction company in Russia is now embroiled in conflict over unpaid wages with workers formerly...
