SEOUL, July 4 (UPI) --A North Korean man who identified himself as a civilian crossed the heavily fortified military demarcation line between the two Koreas and was taken into custody, the South's ...

PAJU, South Korea — Oh Eun Jeong, a poet who fled North Korea in 2009, left behind a younger sister for whom she still longs. Oh, profiled by The Washington Post in 2018 as one of many young North ...

A North Korean defector who escaped to the South more than a decade ago was detained after attempting to cross back into North Korea on a stolen bus, police said. The man drove about 800 meters on the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A North Korean soldier defected across the DMZ, Seoul's military and media reported Tuesday. Tensions are on the rise at the DMZ, ...