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https://www.dailynk.com/english/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2012/01/DNKF00008671_List.jpg12095The number of defectors entering South Korea increased 15% year-on-year between 2010 and 2011, reaching a total of 2,737 people last year, according to recently published Ministry of Unification statistics. The highest number of defectors entering the country was recorded in 2009, when 2,927 defectors made their way into South Korea, but there was a […]