North Korean defectors

North Korean defector and conservative activist

North Korean politician and defector (1923-2010)

former North Korean agent

North Korean defector

North Korean defector and South Korean politician

Korean activist

North Korean Air Force officer (1932–2022)

people defecting from North Korea, often to South Korea

defector from North Korea

North Korean activist

North Korean defector

South Korean animator

North Korean human rights activist

activist, former political prisoner

North Korean defector

South Korean poet

South Korean boxer

North Korean pianist in exile in South Korea

North Korean writer and defector

1Verse (; pronounced and stylized in all caps) is a South Korean boy band formed by Singing Beetle. The group consists of five members: Hyuk, Seok, Aito, Kenny and Nathan. Two members of the group (Hyuk and Seok) are from North Korea, making them the first South Korean boy group with North Korean defectors. They debuted on July 18, 2025, with the single album The 1st Verse.

former North Korean soldier who defected to South Korea in 2017

Korean politician

South Korean linguist

Korean-American missionary and activist

South Korean judoka

north Korean nuclear scientist

North Korean defector (1958–2008)

North korean defector

former North Korea’s ambassador to Kuwait

South Korean historian (1934–2025)

Korean painter

professor

North Korean defector (1960-1997)

South Korean sledge hockey player

Soviet-North Korean soldier (1918–2013)