Kim Shin-jo, who later reinvented himself as a Christian pastor, took part in the failed 1968 attempt to assassinate Park ...

North Korea has launched an aggressive campaign seeking to discredit a UN report on human rights abuses in the country, following news that a prominent defector had recanted parts of his testimony.

Once 2,000 square miles in Virginia and North Carolina, the swamp today is ... and perhaps thousands, of escaped slaves to live here in freedom. We don’t know much about them, but thanks to ...

Here are three chilling but revealing books about North Korea and the perils of escaping from it. Lucia Jang surprised me by making plain that even after decades of brainwashing by the ruling Kim ...

Kim Shin-jo, a prominent North Korean commando who resettled in South Korea as a pastor after his daring mission to ...

Kim Shin-jo, a prominent ex-North Korean commando who resettled in South Korea as a pastor after his daring mission to assassinate then South Korean President Park Chung-hee in 1968 failed ...

One compelling addition to this genre is “The Girl Who Escaped: The Kara Robinson Story.” Based on true events, the film follows a 15-year-old girl who is abducted, assaulted and held captive ...

SEOUL, April 6 (Reuters) - North Korea on Sunday held its first Pyongyang International Marathon in six years, hosting foreign runners in the reclusive country that has largely closed its borders ...

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From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

A man was shot Monday afternoon at a River North Marriott hotel. Hotel guests were told to wait outside as police investigated. Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times Share Chicago police shot and critically ...