Two brothers spent a decade plotting their escape from North Korea – an audacious plan conceived by their late father, whose ashes they carried as they crept toward a boat moored in the shadows. There ...

When Geumseong's phone rang on Christmas Eve 2020, he answered nervously. The previous year he'd made the perilous journey to escape from North to South Korea, using an international underground ...

A North Korean family meticulously planned a daring sea escape for over a decade, culminating in a perilous two-hour journey across the Yellow Sea. Despite facing constant surveillance and harsh ...

In a country where even movement between towns can require permission, where neighbours monitor each other, and where criticising the regime or questioning the Supreme Leader can have consequences for ...

On the night of May 6, 2023, as a treacherous storm raged, a North Korean family of nine boarded a small fishing boat hoping to escape to a new life in South Korea. CNN’s Mike Valerio speaks to one of ...

This feature is only available to members. Join now for full online access. Joseph Kim grew up in North Korea with loving parents, but his world changed during the Great Famine of the 1990s. When he ...