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North Korean Defectors Tell of Hardships and Hope

   VOA News 06 November 2010

Photo: AFP

   A  North  Korean asylum seeker's child waves to journalists from a bus
   after  arrival  at  Incheon International airport in South Korea on 27
   January 2003.

   As  the  number  of  North Korean defectors has grown in recent years,
   their  stories  have shed light on the secretive country they fled and
   the trials of adjusting to life outside their closed society.
   The  South  Korean  Unification  Ministry  says there are about 20,000
   North  Koreans  living  in  the  South.   UNHCR  and  the  U.S. State
   Department  estimates 30,000 or more are stuck in China or the Russian
   Far East.
   VOA's  Jim Stevenson had the opportunity to talk with two North Korean
   defectors  and brings us their stories in this four-part series: North
   Korean Defectors Tell of Hardships and Hope
   [1]Part  1 - A look at life inside North Korea as portrayed by two men
   who  spoke recently to VOA about fleeing their homeland in search of a
   better life
   [2]Part  2  - The journey out of North Korea does not immediately lead
   to a better situation for most defectors
   [3]Part  3  -  Two  defectors'  discuss  their thoughts of how the two
   Koreas might be reunified
   [4]Part  4  -  In the final part of this series, Jim Stevenson reports
   how Korean reunification might follow the examples of other nations
   Previous VOA TV Reporting on North Korean Refugees

   North Korean Defectors Risk Lives in Perilous Journey 

   For North Korean Defectors, Freedom Brings Fear of Unknown 

   South  Korean  Training  Center  Reorients  North  Koreans  To Life In
   Freedom 

   South Korean School Helps North Koreans 

References

   1. http://www.voanews.com/english/news/asia/North-Korean-Defectors-Tell-of-Hardships-and-Hope-Part-1-106833298.html
   2. http://www.voanews.com/english/news/asia/North-Korean-Defectors-Tell-of-Hardships-and-Hope-Part-2-106833443.html
   3. http://www.voanews.com/english/news/asia/North-Korean-Defectors-Tell-of-Hardships-and-Hope-Part-3-106833633.html
   4. http://www.voanews.com/english/news/asia/North-Korean-Defectors-Tell-of-Hardships-and-Hope-Part-4-106833778.html

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