Tag: south korea
Kangwon Province border residents welcome restart of S. Korean broadcasts
Residents of areas of Kangwon Province near the border with South Korea are welcoming the resumption of loudspeaker broadcasts by the military authorities of...
North Korea justifies garbage balloon launches in lectures
North Korea recently launched its ninth trash balloon blitz against the South this year. Pyongyang is now working overtime to convince its own citizens...
Thirty N. Korean defectors speak out against China’s UPR response
China has recently claimed that North Korean defectors are not refugees, while rejecting South Korea's recommendation that people fleeing North Korea and other countries...
Freedom dash thwarted: N. Korean defectors arrested in China
A group of North Korean defectors in China has been detained by police while attempting to escape to South Korea, Daily NK has learned.
Speaking...
S. Korea’s defector policy stirs mixed reactions in North
“The South Korean government will never forget compatriots in North Korea who are suffering.”
“We will not return even a single North Korean compatriot who...
N. Koreans use fallen propaganda balloons to patch roofs
North Korean authorities sharply criticized South Korean civilian groups for launching balloons carrying propaganda leaflets across the border. However, many North Koreans see the...
Chinese police demand N. Korean defectors install facial recognition apps
Chinese police in some parts of Liaoning Province have recently stepped up surveillance of North Korean defectors by asking them to send daily selfies,...
Two N. Korean women arrested for talking about S. Korean TV...
Two female workers on a "shock troop" construction crew were arrested by Pyongyang police after an informant said they had talked about a South...
N. Korean lectures urge rejection of “reactionary culture,” highlight anti-Yoon sentiment...
The North Hamgyong Province branch of the Socialist Patriotic Youth League recently held lectures urging local youths to "thoroughly reject reactionary thinking and culture,"...
Shattered Dreams: The tragic journey of North Korean defectors in China
COVID-19 completely changed the fate of Eun-hye (pseudonym), a North Korean defector in her 30s who was living quietly as the wife of a...
