Tag: defector
Defector’s border crossing captured by military’s surveillance equipment; Seoul says defector had not tested positive
SEOUL: A North Korean defector was caught on military surveillance equipment as he fled across the border to his communist homeland, the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said. The […]
S.K. agency provides N.K. defectors psychological therapy for traumatic memories
Seoul: Around two years ago, nearly 20 years after she escaped from North Korea, Kim Young-sook (alias) was suddenly overcome by traumatic memories of life-or-death experiences, and she knew […]
Touring DMZ with North Korean defector
“I’m a dead man in my hometown,” a North Korean defector, who uses the alias Jeong Sang-soo to protect his identity, said during a Korea Times interview in the middle […]
“80% of young North Koreans not loyal to Kim Jong-un”
Eighty percent of young North Koreans have no loyalty to the country’s leader, according to a Japanese newspaper. “Inside the North (North Korea), people, and especially the young generation, are […]
BIFF to open with story of North Korean woman defector
The Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) will open on Oct. 4 with “Beautiful Days,” a movie about a woman defector who meets her son after 14 years, the festival’s board […]