Tag: repatriation
North Korean relief workers’ brief escape ends in swift repatriation
Two North Korean flood relief workers in North Pyongan province briefly fled to China last month, but were quickly apprehended by Chinese police and...
N. Korean workers in China face severe stress due to repatriation...
North Korean workers in China are complaining of severe stress due to continued delays in their return home and their stifling lives confined to...
Elderly North Koreans toil in Russian city
About 70 North Korean workers, most of them over the age of 60, have been sent to the Russian city of Blagoveshchensk in the...
Risky love: North Korean defectors arrested over secret affairs in China
Chinese police have arrested several female North Korean defectors living in China for having affairs with married Chinese men.
A Daily NK source in China,...
N. Korean workers repatriated from Russia for failing to meet quotas
Approximately ten North Korean construction workers in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, were recently repatriated for failing to meet state-mandated financial quotas.
A Daily NK source, speaking...
Trapped in transit: North Korean defectors’ catch-22 in China
North Korean defectors in China face a cruel irony: As routes to South Korea tighten, their bid for freedom through fake IDs comes with...
N. Korea’s digital iron curtain falls on workers in Russia
North Korea's digital iron curtain has fallen on its workers in Russia, with several forcibly repatriated for watching videos about defectors and life abroad....
N. Korea reaches agreement with China on worker issues
North Korea recently reached an agreement with China on the repatriation and replacement of North Korean workers through its embassy and other diplomatic channels,...
Chinese officials ramp up scrutiny of N. Korean workers’ luggage at...
Chinese customs authorities have been conducting strict inspections of the belongings and luggage of North Korean workers leaving for home recently, a Daily NK...
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...
