SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA (CNN) — A North Korean defector has issued an emotional plea to one of the world's most powerful men, China's President Xi Jinping. "My son is now four, please think of my son as ...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) – Activists and the occasional celebrity have gathered nearly every day in front of the Chinese Embassy for more than two weeks, sometimes scuffling with police or tearing up ...

SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA (CNN) — Chinese authorities have sent the wife of a North Korean defector back to the hermit state, despite an emotional plea from her husband to Chinese President Xi Jinping. Lee ...

SEOUL, South Korea -- After fleeing North Korea to avoid extreme poverty and oppression, the young woman allowed a stranger to arrange a marriage for her with a rural Chinese farmer because she had ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. BEIJING (Reuters) -There are no "so-called defectors" in China, a spokesperson for its foreign ministry said on Thursday, ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. China has forcibly returned as many as 600 North Korean refugees back ...

SEOUL (Reuters) - Eight North Korean defectors in China face involuntary repatriation after being detained by Chinese police last month, the Human Rights Watch group and a pastor who has been ...

China has issued an official complaint to North Korea after a suspected army deserter was detained after allegedly killing four people in a robbery in China’s Helong border city. South Korea’s Yonhap ...

SEOUL, South Korea - Two dozen North Korean defectors, including an infant, arrived in South Korea from China today after a month-long diplomatic standoff over their fate. The first to arrive early ...