Photos of the refugees helped by the North Korea Refugees Human Rights Association of Korea are displayed in Seoul, South Korea. Photo: Reuters Photos of the refugees helped by the North Korea Refugees Human Rights Association of Korea are displayed in Seoul, South Korea. Photo: Reuters
Photos of the refugees helped by the North Korea Refugees Human Rights Association of Korea are displayed in Seoul, South Korea. Photo: Reuters
This Week in Asia /  Politics

Coronavirus shines light on changing face of North Korean defectors

  • Fleeing the hermit state used to be about escaping poverty and hunger
  • As Kim Jong-un clamps down on border loopholes fewer are getting through. Many of those who do are motivated by family, freedom and education

Topic |   Coronavirus pandemic
John Power
John Power

Updated: 6:08pm, 12 Feb, 2021

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Photos of the refugees helped by the North Korea Refugees Human Rights Association of Korea are displayed in Seoul, South Korea. Photo: Reuters Photos of the refugees helped by the North Korea Refugees Human Rights Association of Korea are displayed in Seoul, South Korea. Photo: Reuters
Photos of the refugees helped by the North Korea Refugees Human Rights Association of Korea are displayed in Seoul, South Korea. Photo: Reuters
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