Number of North Korean defectors arriving in South Korea triples in one year

Number of North Korean defectors arriving in South Korea triples

The number of North Korean defectors has tripled this year. 139 of them have managed to reach South Korea in the last nine months, compared to 42 in 2022 during the same period. An increase which comes at a time when the food situation in the country, which is probably worrying, is the subject of much speculation.

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