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Sep 12, 2025 PM EDT - Isaac

1VERSE’s Debut Raises Questions About K-pop’s Changing Identity

The newly formed boy band 1VERSE recently stepped onto the K-pop stage, and much of the attention has focused less on their debut single than on who they are. The lineup includes two members who left North Korea as children,

Oct 07, 2015 AM EDT - Diana Tomale

North Korean Defector Kim Ryon Hui Seeks To Return To Her Hometown As She Feels 'Trap' In South Korea

A defector requests to return to her family in North Korea after four years. However, a North Korean specialist is skeptical that the defector is doing this plea of her own will.

Sep 10, 2015 AM EDT - Diana Tomale

North Korean Defector Says Kim Jong Un’s Regime Will Be The Shortest At 'Ten Years'

A North Korean defector said that Kim Jong Un's regime will be the shortest and the most unstable. Asking not to reveal his identity, he said that the people lost their trust on the North Korea's supreme leader after executing his own uncle.