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North Korean Defector Undetected For Hours After Daring 6-Hour Swim To South
A North Korean defector wore a diving suit and fins during a daring six-hour swim around one of the world's most fortified borders, a Seoul official said, and was caught only after apparently falling asleep.
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North Korean Defectors Say Contacts In Dark About Kim Jong Un
Defectors from North Korea say many of their relatives and contacts were unaware of the international speculation over leader Kim Jong Un's health or were unwilling to discuss the issue in clandestine calls made from the South.
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Donald Trump Hosts North Korean Defectors In Oval Office
US President Donald Trump welcomed six North Korean defectors to the Oval Office on Friday, a high profile and potentially provocative show of support.
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North Korean Soldier's Survival Is 'Truly A Miracle,' Says American Rescue Crew
When the injured soldier was loaded onto into the Black Hawk helicopter, Sgt. 1st Class Gopal Singh, on his last mission as a flight medic, said a prayer. He did not think the man, who had been shot five times, was going to survive.
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North Korea's Wounded Defector "Nice Guy", Says Surgeon
North Korea's latest defector, a young soldier known only by his family name Oh, is a quiet, pleasant man who has nightmares about being returned to the North, his surgeon said on Thursday.
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North Korean Defector's Diet And Parasites Hint At Hard Life In The Country
Parasitic worms found in a North Korean soldier, critically injured during a desperate defection, highlight nutrition and hygiene problems that experts say have plagued the isolated country for decades.
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South Korea Probes North Korea Celebrity Who 'Returned Home'
South Korea is investigating the case of a North Korean defector who became a celebrity refugee in Seoul, but recently appeared on Pyongyang television to claim she had returned home from the "hell" of the capitalist South.
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North Korean Defector Tells How He Secretly Made Millions For Kim Regime
American and multilateral efforts to sanction North Korea into submission won't work because there are too many ways around them, Ri Jong Ho says.
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North Korean Defectors Who Became Chinese Brides End Silence
North Korean defectors who became brides for rural Chinese men, they faced another excruciating choice when they suffered abuse: to flee to South Korea and leave their children.
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North Korean Defector Undetected For Hours After Daring 6-Hour Swim To South
A North Korean defector wore a diving suit and fins during a daring six-hour swim around one of the world's most fortified borders, a Seoul official said, and was caught only after apparently falling asleep.
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North Korean Defectors Say Contacts In Dark About Kim Jong Un
Defectors from North Korea say many of their relatives and contacts were unaware of the international speculation over leader Kim Jong Un's health or were unwilling to discuss the issue in clandestine calls made from the South.
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Donald Trump Hosts North Korean Defectors In Oval Office
US President Donald Trump welcomed six North Korean defectors to the Oval Office on Friday, a high profile and potentially provocative show of support.
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North Korean Soldier's Survival Is 'Truly A Miracle,' Says American Rescue Crew
When the injured soldier was loaded onto into the Black Hawk helicopter, Sgt. 1st Class Gopal Singh, on his last mission as a flight medic, said a prayer. He did not think the man, who had been shot five times, was going to survive.
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North Korea's Wounded Defector "Nice Guy", Says Surgeon
North Korea's latest defector, a young soldier known only by his family name Oh, is a quiet, pleasant man who has nightmares about being returned to the North, his surgeon said on Thursday.
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North Korean Defector's Diet And Parasites Hint At Hard Life In The Country
Parasitic worms found in a North Korean soldier, critically injured during a desperate defection, highlight nutrition and hygiene problems that experts say have plagued the isolated country for decades.
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South Korea Probes North Korea Celebrity Who 'Returned Home'
South Korea is investigating the case of a North Korean defector who became a celebrity refugee in Seoul, but recently appeared on Pyongyang television to claim she had returned home from the "hell" of the capitalist South.
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North Korean Defector Tells How He Secretly Made Millions For Kim Regime
American and multilateral efforts to sanction North Korea into submission won't work because there are too many ways around them, Ri Jong Ho says.
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North Korean Defectors Who Became Chinese Brides End Silence
North Korean defectors who became brides for rural Chinese men, they faced another excruciating choice when they suffered abuse: to flee to South Korea and leave their children.
