Two North Korean women in Hebei province were arrested after exchanging WeChat messages about escaping to South Korea.

Escaping North Korea is a desperate sprint through darkness, where a single misstep can mean a bullet or a prison camp. Defectors cross rivers patrolled by soldiers ordered to fire without hesitation, ...

Foiled North Korean Escape Ignites Human-Rights Debate China’s detention of a 9-year-old girl and six other North Koreans who tried to escape their country has triggered a public outcry that South ...

North Korea doesn't let its citizens leave the country for fear of undoing all the propaganda it has built up for the Supreme ...