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Any “us vs. them” dynamic can be dangerous for democracy. But when that divide centers on mutually exclusive visions of a ...

Hyunseung Lee and his family defected from North Korea in 2014 after a series of violent executions by North Korea's leader, Kim Jong Un.

Peg Reif was among more than 120 who contacted The Associated Press this fall, after a series of stories and a documentary ...

Human rights groups urge South Korea to offer defection pathways for North Korean soldiers captured in Ukraine, amid rising ...

Volodymyr Zelensky declared that “several” wounded North Korean soldiers had lost their lives in Ukraine, after being taken ...

A new rule to punish North Korean couples who decide to divorce could see them spend six months working in a labor camp.