{"id":1236,"date":"2005-06-08T13:08:01","date_gmt":"2005-06-08T04:08:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/en.dailynk.com\/en\/?p=1236"},"modified":"2023-08-23T21:02:08","modified_gmt":"2023-08-23T12:02:08","slug":"korean-government-expels-norbert-v","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/korean-government-expels-norbert-v\/","title":{"rendered":"Korean Government Expels Norbert Vollertsen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[imText1]Dr. Norbert Vollertsen, the man who brought the horrors of North Korea to the world&#8217;s attention, reports that he has been expelled from South Korea. <\/p>\n<p>Vollertsen, who admits allowing his South Korean visa to expire, had been in South Korea on a series of tourist visas, which require holders to leave and reenter South Korea for extensions. <\/p>\n<p>On a previous reentry, Vollertsen had been detained and asked to sign a statement agreeing to discontinue his political activities; he was released when journalists arrived at the location where he was detained. <\/p>\n<p>Vollertsen reports that South Korean officials have told him that he would not be granted further tourist visas because of his political activities. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/freekorea.blogspot.com\/2001\/06\/south-korea-expels-norbert-vollertsen.html\">The full text of Dr. Vollertsen&#8217;s e-mail message describing his expulsion is here.<\/a> More information:<\/p>\n<p>&#8226; <a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/1\/hi\/programmes\/crossing_continents\/2967889.stm\">Background on Dr. Vollertsen&#8217;s activities<\/a> more here.<br \/>\n&#8226; His book, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/tg\/detail\/-\/1893554872\/qid=1101721191\/sr=1-1\/ref=sr_1_1\/002-2937940-9043255?v=glance&#038;s=books\">Diary of a Mad Place,<\/a> describing his time as a volunteer doctor in North Korea.<br \/>\n&#8226; News report on <a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/asia-pacific\/3173541.stm\">his arrest and beating by South Korean police<\/a> for trying to launch balloons to carry radios into North Korea.<br \/>\n&#8226; News report on South Korean police and <a href=\"http:\/\/joongangdaily.joins.com\/200308\/25\/200308250139186809900090309031.html\">North Korean &#8220;journalists&#8221; beating him<\/a> and others for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.freerepublic.com\/focus\/f-news\/969554\/posts\">peacefully protesting human rights violations in North Korea.<\/a><br \/>\n&#8226; <a href=\"http:\/\/freekorea.blogspot.com\/2004\/11\/in-defense-of-norbert-vollertsen.html\">My own discussion and defense of some of Dr. Vollertsen&#8217;s controversial activism.<\/a><br \/>\n&#8226; <a href =\"http:\/\/freekorea.blogspot.com\/2004\/11\/what-happened-to-norbert-in-pusan.html\">A report of the last time South Korea detained Dr. Vollertsen and threatened to expel him.<\/a><br \/>\n&#8226; Some of his reports as a member of a South Korean tsunami relief medical team <a href=\"http:\/\/freekorea.blogspot.com\/2005\/01\/korean-medical-association-in-aceh.html\">here<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/freekorea.blogspot.com\/2005\/01\/norberts-tsunami-blogging.html\">here<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/freekorea.blogspot.com\/2005\/01\/vollertsen-update.html\">here<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/freekorea.blogspot.com\/2005\/01\/update-from-dr-vollertsen.html\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Vollertsen will continue his activities in Japan. The issue is likely to come in during Roh Moo-Hyun&#8217;s visit to the White House next week. Brilliant timing, guys.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[imText1]Dr. Norbert Vollertsen, the man who brought the horrors of North Korea to the world&#8217;s attention, reports that he has been expelled from South Korea. 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