The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK, or North Korea) engages in transnational repression because it perceives the diaspora as a potential threat to the internal stability, regime security, and ideological legitimacy of its authoritarian regime. Transnational repression is aimed principally at silencing members of the “defector diaspora” and their supporters abroad. As part of a broader securitization of diaspora management, North Korea’s transnational repression seeks to dissuade citizens from fleeing; to discredit those abroad who criticize the regime or work against its goals; and to deter and disrupt diasporic opposition. Specific activities include border security to limit out-migration; forced repatriation, including highly publicized, coercive "redefection" for state propaganda; rhetorical threats; cyber-repression for intimidation and coercion; and assassination. Use of extraterritorial violence, in particular, has had geopolitical consequences; Pyongyang has arguably modified its activities and made them more covert, rather than halting them altogether. Because it is so closely tied to the pursuit of regime security, transnational repression by the DPRK seems unlikely to disappear, and presents key policy challenges for the democratic governments in which the main targets reside, especially South Korea.