All posts tagged "defectors"

  • (Korea Times file)
    80% of N. Korean defectors are female in 2015, overall numbers down

    The South Korean government released a report on Sunday revealing that 80 percent of North Korean defectors are female. The figures only reflect those who fled south of the border rather than to China or Russia. The...

    • Posted July 6, 2015
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  • (Yonhap/KCNA)
    N. Korea demolishes 10,000 homes along border to stop defections

    North Korea’s construction of a 270 kilometer highway along its northern border is nearing completion. Coincidentally, the stretch of land is also a popular route taken by fleeing defectors who wish to leave the country. Approximately 10,000...

    • Posted June 9, 2015
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  • (Yonhap/KCNA)
    Kim Jong-un furious after 16 citizens flee country on his birthday

    By Lee Ji-hye North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un has demanded that officials “go to South Korea if they have to” to arrest those who defected on his birthday, according to Radio Free Asia (RFA). The non-profit news...

    • Posted May 6, 2015
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  • Saenuri Party Chairman Kim Moo-sung and other party officials visit the inter-Korean border fence in Inje, Gangwon Province, on Dec. 21, 2014. (Yonhap)
    N. Korea tightens border controls to curb flow of defectors

    BEIJING (Yonhap) — North Korea has tightened its patrols on the border with China and toughened punishments for those who help North Koreans flee the authoritarian state in a bid to curb the flow of defectors, a...

    • Posted February 10, 2015
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  • North Korean workers planting seedlings on a field in Jaeryong, South Hwanghae Province, on Jan. 24, 2015. (KCNA/Yonhap)
    N. Korean defectors work more, earn less: poll

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — North Korean defectors here are paid far less than South Koreans, while they work longer on average, a government poll showed Monday. North Korean refugees’ monthly income increased to 1.47 million won (US$1,337) in...

    • Posted February 9, 2015
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  • South Korean "defectors" handed over by North Korea, Friday, go through entry procedures at the truce border village of Panmunjeom in Paju, Gyeonggi Province. / Courtesy of Ministry of Unification
    N. Korea Returns 6 “Defectors” to S. Korea

      By Chung Min-uck North Korea handed over six South Korean “defectors” at the truce village of Panmunjom on Friday. The six men crossed over into the South’s side of the village at around 4:50 p.m. KST,...

    • Posted October 25, 2013
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  • 49 N. Korean Spies Caught In Past Decade: Lawmaker

    (Yonhap) A total of 49 North Korean spies were arrested in South Korea over the past decade, with nearly half of them caught posing as North Korean defectors, a lawmaker said Friday, citing government data. According to...

    • Posted October 11, 2013
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