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North Koreans read reports about the country's leader Kim Jong-un's arrival in Vietnam for his second summit with U.S. President Donald Trump by using a smartphone in Pyongyang, in this photo released by Kyodo on Feb. 27, 2019. [REUTERS/YONHAP]

하나원 탈북민이 맛보는 ‘자유의 첫 경험’은 스마트폰

For some North Korean defectors, freedom begins upon arriving in South Korea. And for those at Hanawon, the government-run resettlement education center, it fits in the palm of their hand — a smartphone.

2026.5.4

For North Korean defectors at South's resettlement center, smartphones offer true taste of freedom

2026.4.29

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Soldiers believed to be from North Korea are standing in line to receive Russian military supplies on Oct. 19 in a screen capture of video footage released by the Ukrainian Center for Strategic Communication and Information Security, also known as Spravdi. [SCREEN CAPTURE]

Footage of North's troops in Russia spark concerns about malnourishment

Footage of North Korean soldiers in Russia have reopened concerns about malnourishment in the isolated country that appears to affect even its elite military units.

2024.10.29

North Korean defectors learn how to make castella cakes from a South Korean pastry chef at Hanawon on Monday. [JOINT PRESS CORPS]

[THINK ENGLISH] 하나원 탈북민들, 희망과 걱정을 논하다

From the outside, Hanawon appears to be a school like any other, with its gable-roof, red-brick buildings perched on a verdant countryside road about an hour's drive south of Seoul.

2023.7.19

Defectors open up about hopes, concerns at Hanawon

Three female North Korean refugees on Monday opened up about their past and their thoughts about a future in South Korea during a rare media open day at Hanawon, a support center for defectors operated by Seoul's Unification Ministry.

2023.7.10

North Korean workers on a building project in Vladivostok in the Russian Far East [KANG DONG-WAN]

9 North Koreans in Russia defect to South Korea

Nine workers dispatched by North Korea to Russia defected to South Korea sometime between November and December last year, according to multiple sources on Tuesday.

2023.1.25

Boomerang case raises new concerns about defectors

The suspected boomerang defection of a man to North Korea on Saturday has raised new concerns that defectors in the South are not being properly cared for.

2022.1.4

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하나원 탈북민이 맛보는 ‘자유의 첫 경험’은 스마트폰

For North Korean defectors at South's resettlement center, smartphones offer true taste of freedom

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Schools panic after YouTuber aces math test in just 18 minutes with AI glasses

Life sentence finalized for man who killed three at a Seoul pizza joint

Yoon Suk Yeol gets five years on abuse of power, obstruction charges — as it happened

Economic risks loom larger after the election (KOR)

Public verdict for the People Power Party: Reform conservatism and rebuild the right (KOR)

Footage of North's troops in Russia spark concerns about malnourishment

[THINK ENGLISH] 하나원 탈북민들, 희망과 걱정을 논하다

Defectors open up about hopes, concerns at Hanawon

9 North Koreans in Russia defect to South Korea

Boomerang case raises new concerns about defectors