UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is joining the UN Secretary-General and other leaders in appealing for an urgent de-escalation in the dangerously spiralling conflict between Israel and Iran. The ...

Executions, forced labour and starvation persist in North Korea, UN official says - North Korea has intensified domestic ...

Amena Namjoyan arrived on the Greek island of Lesbos as part of a migration crisis that would rock the European Union.

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea said Friday it has repaired its damaged second destroyer and launched it into the water ...

AS Andrew Drury made his way through a Syrian camp looking for notorious ISIS bride Shamima Begum, his mind began to race.

The arrest comes against the backdrop of North Korea's deepening military ties with Russia, a relationship analysts say is awkward for China.

North Korean refugees face considerable difficulties integrating into South Korean society. Surveys reveal low awareness and engagement with this issue among South Koreans, which diminishes the ...

It’s often said that 34,000 North Korean refugees live in South Korea. But how accurate is that claim? And can the number be known? For example, The Diplomat wrote, “It’s hardly surprising ...

Refugees from North Korea shared their stories of hardship, escape and survival with Winnipeggers this week, at an event organized by a Seoul-based non-profit intended to raise awareness about the ...

North Korea’s Kim, for one ... China might try to muscle in to restore order. A massive refugee crisis would need to be contained. “Then the question becomes: Do you want to live next to ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. There is a chilling scene in the 2023 documentary Beyond Utopia in which Pastor Seungeun Kim, a South ...