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Silent no longer: Webtoon artist Jeon Ju-ok brings digital life to childhood memories of North Korea

She grew up hearing gunshots in her border town in North Korea: "I thought I would go insane if I kept living there."

2026.6.8

A wooden boat, which four North Koreans used it to cross over the NLL to defect to South Korea, towed to shore in Sokcho, Gangwon, on Tuesday. [YONHAP]

Fisherman recounts first encounter with North Korean defector

The 60-year-old Lim Jae-gil, who operates a 3.5-ton fishing boat, said it was evident that the wooden boat drifting near Sokcho, Gangwon, was from North Korea. The four passengers on the wooden boat were a family including a young girl.

2023.10.24

Clear suspicions swiftly and thoroughly

Since prosecutors have acquired related documents from the Presidential Archives, they must not protract their investigation any longer.

2022.8.21

Unification Ministry releases video of North Korean fishermen being repatriated

The Ministry of Unification on Monday released a video from November 2019 when two North Korean fishermen were repatriated to North Korea through Panmunjom. The four-minute video, released to reporters Monday afternoon, showed the fishermen...

2022.7.18

Blaming the defectors (KOR)

As a war of nerves over North Korean defectors dispatching propaganda leaflets across the border is getting heated, South Koreans’ attacks on the defectors are also getting out of control. It all started with a statement Thursday by Kim Yo-jong...

2020.6.10

Blaming the defectors

2020.6.10

Tag: north korean defectors

north korean defectors

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Silent no longer: Webtoon artist Jeon Ju-ok brings digital life to childhood memories of North Korea

Fisherman recounts first encounter with North Korean defector

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