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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 »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 »ROK Drop Book Review: Nothing To Envy, By Babara Demick
» by GI Korea June 10th, 2011 at 6:03 pm » Comments (8)
A book about the plight of the North Korean people that I have meaning to read based off the strong feedback I have read from others is Barbara Demick’s, "Nothing ...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 »Picture of the Day: Subversive Balloon Launch
» by GI Korea April 3rd, 2011 at 1:00 pm » Comments (3)
[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="409" caption="Activists launch balloons yesterday carrying tens of thousands of anti-North Korean regime leaflets across the border into the North, defying threats from Pyongyang to open fire ...more »
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