A North Korean man crossed the DMZ on foot before midnight Thursday, asking South Korean troops for help in a rare defection ...

South Korea's army says a North Korean man crossed the mine-strewn border separating the two countries. The South Korean military said it identified and tracked the unarmed man on Thursday night, ...

An unidentified North Korean man crossed into South Korea with the assistance of Seoul’s military through a heavily mined land border Thursday. He was taken into custody after the crossing, ...

The South’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said the military identified and tracked the individual near the central-west section of ...

A North Korean defector dodged a shoot-on-sight order, armed guards, and dozens of land mines to cross one of the most militarized borders in the world. The civilian crossed into South Korea after ...

A North Korean man was taken into custody by the South Korean military after crossing the heavily fortified border between ...

The mission to safely guide the man to the South involved a considerable number of South Korean troops and took around 20 ...

In 1996, another North Korean pilot flew a MiG-19 fighter jet to South Korea. The most perilous route remains the DMZ, a deadly, fortified strip dividing North and South Korea.

In 2018, a North Korean soldier swam across a river in the DMZ to reach South Korea. Embassies have often served as temporary sanctuaries for North Korean defectors.

Refugees from North Korea shared stories of hardship, escape and survival with Winnipeggers this week, at an event organized by a Seoul-based non-profit intended to raise awareness about the ...

In an exclusive interview, Pastor Kim and Soyeon Lee from "Beyond Utopia" talk about how people survive escaping North Korea, the importance of sharing their stories, and the security concerns ...