Tag: forced repatriation
Thirty N. Korean defectors speak out against China’s UPR response
China has recently claimed that North Korean defectors are not refugees, while rejecting South Korea's recommendation that people fleeing North Korea and other countries...
Shattered Dreams: The tragic journey of North Korean defectors in China
COVID-19 completely changed the fate of Eun-hye (pseudonym), a North Korean defector in her 30s who was living quietly as the wife of a...
China’s stance on refugees alarms North Korean defectors
Chinese authorities have reiterated their policy of not recognizing North Koreans as refugees, causing increased anxiety among defectors' relatives in North Korea's border regions,...
Changchun police to update personal information of N. Korean defectors living...
The police in Changchun, the capital of China’s Jilin Province, have announced plans to update the personal information of female North Korean defectors who...
Forced repatriations of N. Korean defectors in China continue into this...
Small-scale forced repatriations of North Korean defectors have taken place even after about 200 detectors who were locked up in Chinese prisons were sent...
N. Korean defectors in Shenyang receive threatening calls from police
North Korean defectors living in Shenyang, in China's Liaoning Province, have been receiving phone calls from local Ministry of Public Security officials warning of...
Five reasons the Korea Hana Foundation should not run Hana Centers
The Yoon Suk-yeol administration is promoting resettlement support for North Korean defectors as one of the central items on its political agenda. This issue...
Recently repatriated N. Korean defectors held at holding centers in border...
North Korean defectors who were recently repatriated from China are being detained at Ministry of State Security holding centers near the China-North Korea border,...
We should be outraged
A deplorable deed. Outrage that grips me no matter how much I wail. The agony of having my guts ripped out and my bones...