Korea Joongang Daily
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Head of foundation for North Korean defectors dismissed over alleged sexual harassment

The Unification Ministry on Thursday dismissed the head of the Korea Hana Foundation, a public institution supporting North Korean defectors, over allegations he sexually and verbally harassed employees, according to officials.

2025-02-27

North Korean defectors arriving in South rose 20% in 2024, says Unification Ministry

The number of North Korean defectors who arrived in South Korea reached 236 in 2024, up by 20.4 percent compared to the previous year, according to the Unification Ministry on Tuesday.

2025-02-04

North sent repatriated defectors exposed to Christianity to prison camps, report says

Some North Korean defectors who were repatriated from China last year were sent to prison camps in North Korea for being exposed to Christianity, which the regime regards as a threat to its leadership, a report showed Thursday.

2024-11-28

South Korean Coast Guard thwarts planned maritime launch of anti-North leaflets

The Korea Coast Guard on Tuesday afternoon shut down an attempt by groups of North Korean defectors and relatives of South Koreans abducted to the North to launch anti-Pyongyang leaflets using fishing vessels from the waters off Gangwon.

2024-11-19

Anti-North Korea groups to conduct first leaflet launch from sea in 16 years

Groups of North Korean defectors and relatives of South Koreans abducted to the North were poised to send anti-Pyongyang leaflets from the waters off Gangwon on Tuesday.

2024-11-19

Defectors' group delivers to Ukraine leaflets encouraging North Korean troops in Russia to defect

A group of North Korean defectors delivered propaganda leaflets to Ukraine on Monday, encouraging North Korean soldiers deployed in Russia to defect, as thousands of North Korean troops have been sent to support Russia's war against Ukraine.

2024-11-11

181 North Korean defectors have arrived in the South this year

The number of North Korean defectors coming to South Korea in the first nine months of this year reached 181, marking an increase from the same period last year, a Unification Ministry official said Tuesday

2024-10-22

Fostering jeong with North Korean defectors

I hope South Koreans open their hearts and connect with defectors and not treat them with suspicion.

2024-10-06

Let the defectors stand on their own feet

The time has come for the government and academia to find a formula to help the defectors survive in South Korea.

2024-09-11

North Korean defectors share inspiring tales from 'extraordinary' visit to United States

Six North Korean defectors flew across the Pacific to the United States, where they went busking on a Californian beach pier and shared their lives' trajectories before and after their escape with local college students.

2024-08-27