Tag: remittances
Hoeryong remittance brokers offer services to defector families
Some remittance brokers in Hoeryong have recently approached the families of defectors offering to put them in touch with relatives in South Korea and...
Two unfortunate teenagers the talk of the town in Sinuiju
Sinuiju residents are talking about two teenagers who ended up on the streets after their mother was imprisoned for non-socialist behavior, Daily NK has...
N. Korean agents arrest family members of defectors near border
Security agents made several arrests of family members of North Korean defectors living in the China-North Korea border areas of Yanggang Province late last...
Chinese police arrest defector remittance broker in Jilin Province
Earlier this month, Chinese police in Jilin Province arrested a North Korean defector who had been working as a remittance broker in the area,...
State security agency branches on border use family members of defectors...
Ministry of State Security branches in regions along the border with China have recently been making use of the family members of defectors to...
N. Hamgyong Province security officials demand more bribes from remittance brokers...
Remittance brokers along the Chinese-North Korean border in North Hamgyong Province have recently been forced to pay larger payments to Ministry of State Security...
N. Hamgyong Province family arrested in remittance payment sting
The family of a North Korean defector in North Hamgyong Province who received a remittance payment was recently been apprehended by state security agents,...
N. Korean state security officers use remittance brokers to take money...
North Korean state security officers have recently been using remittance brokers to squeeze money out of the families of defectors, a reporting partner in...
N. Korean woman sent to political prison for using Chinese mobile...
A North Korean woman in her 40s who was caught using an illegal Chinese mobile phone in Kimjongsuk County, Yanggang Province, was sent to...
N. Korea’s security agents shake down remittance brokers for money in...
Some members of North Korea’s Ministry of State Security have recently focused a great deal of energy on taking money from “brokers” who facilitate...
