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Han Seohee (right) and fellow North Korean defectors Lee Gwang-sung (left) and Hwang Soyeon (center) are regulars on <em>Moranbong Club</em>, a South Korean talk show featuring North Korean defectors. "There's a lot of prejudice toward North Korean defectors in South Korea," Han says. "So I wanted to show South Koreans that we're living here and trying the best we can."

South Korea's Newest TV Stars Are North Korean Defectors

North Korean defectors star on talk shows, dating shows and compete in campy challenges. They're giving South Koreans an unprecedented glimpse of the North's experience. But it's not the full picture.

A uniformed tour guide gestures to tourists outside the War Museum in Pyongyang. U.S. citizens can visit North Korea as tourists.

North Korea Claims It Has U.S. Student In Custody

State media reported that the isolated nation has detained a student from the University of Virginia for "committing anti-republic activities."

A South Korean soldier stands next to loudspeakers near the border with North Korea on Jan. 8. South Korea responded to the North's latest nuclear test by resuming the broadcasts that include news, criticism of the North Korean regime and pop music.

Responding To Nuclear Test, S. Korea Cranks Up The K-Pop

South Korea is again blaring news, music and propaganda from banks of loudspeakers along the border. At a minimum, it seems to annoy North Korea.

A US B-52 Stratofortress is escorted by a South Korean fighter jet (left) and a U.S. fighter jet (right) as it flies over the Osan Air Base in Pyeongtaek, south of Seoul, on Sunday.

U.S. Flies Bomber Over South Korea In Show Of Strength, Alliance

A nuclear-capable B-52 flew over Osan Air Base, an hour south of Seoul, in a show of force. Tensions between North and South Korea have been high since North Korea's recent nuclear test.

A South Korean soldier looks through a pair of binoculars near the village of Panmunjom, which sits at the border between the two Koreas.

South Korea To Resume Broadcasting Propaganda To The North Over Loudspeakers

South Korea made the announcement after Pyongyang claimed it tested a hydrogen bomb.

Reporting from a Seoul cat cafe, one of the many themed cafes in Japan and Korea.

Reporter's Notebook: Settling In In Seoul

NPR opened a South Korea bureau in March. Correspondent Elise Hu offers her take on the wonder and the wackiness of life and journalism in East Asia.

Reporter's Notebook: Settling In In Seoul

NPR opened a South Korea bureau in March. Correspondent Elise Hu offers her take on the wonder and the wackiness of life and journalism in East Asia.

NPR played the latest version of Pandemic with four real-life epidemiologists.

This Holiday Season, Give The Gift Of World Disease

We played the latest version of Pandemic with four real-life epidemiologists. And it made them sweat!

This Holiday Season, Give The Gift Of World Disease

We played the latest version of Pandemic with four real-life epidemiologists. And it made them sweat!

Hundreds of police officers outside Jogyesa, Seoul's top Buddhist temple, as a deadline passed for a labor leader holed up inside to turn himself in.

In Seoul, A Showdown Between Police And Buddhist Monks

Monks at the top Buddhist temple in Seoul are trying to prevent South Korean police from forcibly entering to arrest a wanted labor organizer who's holed up inside.

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