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North Korean defectors - Wikipedia. People defect from North Korea for political, material, and personal reasons. Defectors flee to various countries, mainly South Korea. In South Korea, they are referred to by several terms, including "northern refugees " and "new settlers".
Jul 16, 2024 · He was sent to a prison camp in December 2019 on charges of collecting bribes from a North Korean diplomat in Beijing, the defector said. Mr. Ri, the foreign minister, was the most senior North ...
Jul 10, 2023 · Part training-hub, part medical facility, part re-education centre, this is where North Korean defectors are sent for three months when they arrive in South Korea.
Jul 9, 2023 · The cost of moving a North Korean defector through China rose to tens of thousands of dollars from thousands of dollars before the pandemic, according to rights activists.
Dec 5, 2023 · Defections, once fairly common, virtually ceased. Mr Kim told the BBC how he masterminded such a remarkable escape, in the first interview with a defector to have got out since the pandemic. He...
Nov 29, 2021 · More than 33,800 North Koreans have defected to South Korea since the 1990s. But since Mr. Kim took power a decade ago, at least 28 of them have mysteriously resurfaced in North Korea....
Dec 30, 2020 · North Korea defectors: Why it's getting harder to escape. Every year, hundreds of people make the perilous journey out of North Korea as they escape from the "hermit kingdom". But the number...
