Through experience, North Korean people do not trust the government and have no expectations to get any help or protection from it. For North Koreans to make a living, escape from North Korea ...

JI HYUN PARK escaped the cruel North Korean regime twice – fleeing across the border over a frozen river with a hail of bullets flying at her back. In an incredible tale of human resilience, … ...

Indeed, the North Korean people are also no strangers to hardship. Most agree the increased secrecy has been of real value to the DPRK's security services and will thus likely remain.

If Vladimir Putin plans to use North Korean troops as cannon fodder (“ATACMS, Putin and Trump,” Review & Outlook, Nov. 18), the Western alliance would be wise to use the Radio Free Europe ...

How to Survive. What It Takes to Escape North Korea Alive. Posted: March 26, 2025 | Last updated: March 26, 2025 "Get essential advice for staying safe as a visitor to North Korea.

Despite all its military threats and nuclear tests, North Korea is hiding a massive economic failure. With a GDP of just $25 billion, the entire country’s economy is smaller than Beverly Hills ...

Seoul, South Korea — Just two years ago, Zane Han couldn’t have imagined his life today: living in Seoul and writing whatever he wants about the North Korean government, which once tried to ...

After weeks of waiting in hiding, the moment had finally come. On the night of March 19, 2011, I left my safe house and took my first steps toward the border. I had been told that North Korean ...

But it is another thing entirely to see videos of life inside North Korea and bear witness to an escape. When you watch Beyond Utopia, you are not a mere consumer of entertainment, you feel as if ...

In the film Beyond Utopia, Madeleine Gavin obtained secret footage that shows what life is truly like for ordinary people in the country. ‘Beyond Utopia’ Director Madeleine Gavin On Family’s ...

Madeleine Gavin's North Korean exposé tracks two riveting and dangerous attempts at defection. In the eye-opening “Beyond Utopia” (November 3, Roadside Attractions), from editor-turned ...

JI HYUN PARK escaped the cruel North Korean regime twice – fleeing across the border over a frozen river with a hail of bullets flying at her back. In an incredible tale of human resilience, … ...