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North Korean Defectors Sent to Japan After Three Year Wait In China
» by GI Korea December 9th, 2011 at 8:32 am » Comments (0)
It must have been pretty uncomfortable to be under what is pretty much house arrest for the past three years in a consulate building: The Japanese government has submitted a written ...more »Arirang TV Video On North Korean Defectors In South Korea
» by GI Korea November 24th, 2011 at 5:45 am » Comments (13)
It has to be tough to be one of the defectors from North Korea and try to make a new life in such a completely different and highly competitive South ...more »21 North Koreans Defect Across the West Sea Border
» by GI Korea November 5th, 2011 at 11:03 pm » Comments (1)
It seems like defecting across the West Sea maritime border seems to be becoming a more popular means of defecting from North Korea: A group of 21 North Koreans was found ...more »9 North Koreans Defect To Japan By Boat
» by GI Korea September 14th, 2011 at 7:32 am » Comments (0)
Here is a rare method of defection from North Korea: Nine people who say they are from North Korea arrived Tuesday in a black wooden boat off the western Japanese coast ...more »ROK Drop Movie Review: Kimjongilia
» by GI Korea September 8th, 2011 at 10:06 pm » Comments (1)
A recent North Korea related documentary I watched on my Netflix que was Kimjongilia. If you are wondering where the title of the movie comes from, it is named after ...more »Number of North Korean Defectors In Thailand Surges
» by GI Korea July 9th, 2011 at 3:41 am » Comments (10)
This is quite a surge in North Korean refugees which the article doesn't provide a reason for such a large increase: Authorities in northern Thailand are struggling to cope with a ...more »North Korean Refugees Too Materialistic?
» by GI Korea June 18th, 2011 at 3:53 am » Comments (10)
This article from the Chosun Ilbo made no sense to me: A seminar has found that North Korean defectors who have relocated to the South to build new lives for themselves ...more »Nine North Koreans Defect Across Maritime DMZ
» by GI Korea June 16th, 2011 at 3:47 pm » Comments (0)
Nine members of a North Korean family successfully defected across the maritime DMZ on Korea's West Coast. They say they defected to escape North Korea's worsening economic conditions. more »North Korea Increases Its Threats Against Balloon Activists
» by GI Korea April 23rd, 2011 at 1:30 am » Comments (13)
The threats from North Korea against the balloon activists continues: North Korea warned yesterday that it will launch full-fledged attacks against people sending propaganda leaflets over the border, and it ...more »Activists Launch More Balloons from Imjimgak Towards North Korea
» by GI Korea April 18th, 2011 at 3:29 am » Comments (2)
Here is the latest update on the balloon wars in South Korea: North Korea celebrated its biggest annual holiday on Friday — the 99th birthday of the late dictator Kim Il-sung ...more »
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