South Korean army soldiers patrol a fence in Paju, South Korea, near the border with North Korea. File photo: AP South Korean army soldiers patrol a fence in Paju, South Korea, near the border with North Korea. File photo: AP
South Korean army soldiers patrol a fence in Paju, South Korea, near the border with North Korea. File photo: AP
North Korea
Asia /  East Asia

North Korean diplomat who defected to South worries about family back home

  • Ryu Hyun-woo and his family reached the South in September 2019 but their arrival was kept secret until last week
  • Some 30,000 North Koreans have fled repression and poverty to settle in the South, almost all of them first secretly crossing the porous border with China

Topic |   North Korea
Agence France-Presse
Agence France-Presse

Updated: 5:36pm, 1 Feb, 2021

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South Korean army soldiers patrol a fence in Paju, South Korea, near the border with North Korea. File photo: AP South Korean army soldiers patrol a fence in Paju, South Korea, near the border with North Korea. File photo: AP
South Korean army soldiers patrol a fence in Paju, South Korea, near the border with North Korea. File photo: AP
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