SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA (CNN) — A North Korean defector has issued an emotional plea to one of the world's most powerful men, China's President Xi Jinping. "My son is now four, please think of my son as ...

Chinese police recruit North Korean defectors as informants to infiltrate escape networks, with confirmed arrests in Liaoning ...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) – Activists and the occasional celebrity have gathered nearly every day in front of the Chinese Embassy for more than two weeks, sometimes scuffling with police or tearing up ...

SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA (CNN) — Chinese authorities have sent the wife of a North Korean defector back to the hermit state, despite an emotional plea from her husband to Chinese President Xi Jinping. Lee ...

March 12 (Asia Today) --A North Korean defector in South Korea pleaded with Chinese authorities on Wednesday to stop the forced repatriation of his mother, warning that the case could signal a renewed ...

North Koreans who risk everything, including their lives, to flee from their homeland are featured in “Beyond Utopia,” a documentary film directed by Madeleine Gavin.

SEOUL, South Korea -- After fleeing North Korea to avoid extreme poverty and oppression, the young woman allowed a stranger to arrange a marriage for her with a rural Chinese farmer because she had ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. BEIJING (Reuters) -There are no "so-called defectors" in China, a spokesperson for its foreign ministry said on Thursday, ...