North Korean conscripted soldiers endure brutal conditions, grappling with severe shortages of essentials — from bullets for ...

All North Korean recruits are taught a song that includes a verse about saving their last bullet for themselves to avoid ...

The number of North Korean defectors who arrived in South Korea reached 236 in 2024, up by 20.4 percent compared to the ...

One defector said soldiers were given just three bullets each during the rare shooting drills. Read more at straitstimes.com.

The 2024 total, including 210 women, compared with 196 in 2023, bringing the accumulated number of North Korean defectors in South Korea to 34,314, the official said on condition of anonymity. Of them ...

The Database Center for North Korean Human Rights NKDB announced the results of its 2024 White Paper on Religious Freedom in ...

But Lee Chul Eun is one of them. Lee, 38, a North Korean defector and former soldier now living in South Korea, said it is “devastating” to see troops from the reclusive, communist-ruled North ...

Over 12,000 North Korean troops are estimated to be fighting against Ukrainian forces in Russia’s Kursk region, the United Nations Security Council learned last week. North Korea launched ...