» by GI Korea May 16th, 2012 at 3:28 am » Comments (2)

It looks like the Chinese are continuing with their crackdown on groups assisting North Korean refugees within China: South Korea's foreign ministry says China has been holding four of its citizens ...more »

» by GI Korea April 7th, 2012 at 3:16 am » Comments (1)

It must have felt like living in jail for three years but hopefully the wait was worth the escape from North Korea: [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="240" caption="Baek Yeong-ok, center, poses with ...more »

» by GI Korea March 18th, 2012 at 5:16 pm » Comments (20)

No matter what you think about the circumstances of how Laura Ling was detained in North Korea, I think we can all agree with her that we should support any ...more »

» by GI Korea March 13th, 2012 at 1:00 pm » Comments (12)

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="A group of Korean residents rallies near an office of the Chinese Consulate in Vancouver, Canada, on March 12, 2012, to demand Beijing scrap plans to ...more »

» by GI Korea March 12th, 2012 at 3:16 am » Comments (2)

Hopefully this is a book we will see printed in English soon as well: A North Korean woman documents her harrowing account of escaping from North Korea in her autobiography, which ...more »

» by GI Korea March 6th, 2012 at 1:03 pm » Comments (36)

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="499" caption="Racing models take part in a rally in front of the Chinese Embassy in Seoul on March 5, 2012, to demand Beijing scrap plans to repatriate ...more »

» by GI Korea February 24th, 2012 at 8:39 am » Comments (8)

Like I said when this issue first came up, the Chinese were not going to allow these refugees to go to South Korea: China has already sent back several of the ...more »

» by GI Korea February 14th, 2012 at 5:06 pm » Comments (2)

I don't think these North Korean defectors stand much of a chance of getting the Chinese authorities to release them to go to South Korea: A group of 10 North Korean ...more »

» by GI Korea November 5th, 2011 at 11:03 pm » Comments (1)

It seems like defecting across the West Sea maritime border seems to be becoming a more popular means of defecting from North Korea: A group of 21 North Koreans was found ...more »

» by GI Korea September 14th, 2011 at 7:32 am » Comments (0)

Here is a rare method of defection from North Korea: Nine people who say they are from North Korea arrived Tuesday in a black wooden boat off the western Japanese coast ...more »