North Korean defectors

Song Joong-ki on why Netflix’s My Name Is Loh Kiwan, about a North Korean defector, is ‘a healing movie’ and why starring in it ‘felt like fate’

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By Lee Gyu-lee Actor Song Joong-ki is returning to Netflix with the new original movie My Name Is Loh Kiwan, in which he will portray the titular character. This comes three years after his appearance in the platform’s sci-fi blockbuster Space Sweepers. The melodrama, adapted from Cho Hae-jin’s novel I Met Loh Kiwan (2011), centres … Read more

North Korean Defectors Talk About Living Conditions Under Kim Jong-Un’s Rule

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A study by South Korea’s unification ministry has shed light on the lives of people living in North Korea. The ministry interviewed over 6,300 North Korean defectors between 2013 and 2022. The survey began in 2010; however, their findings have just been revealed. Around half of the people who arrived in South Korea between 2016 … Read more