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Fewer North Korean defectors as COVID helps regime tighten grip


The number of North Koreans defecting to South Korea plummeted last year after Pyongyang closed its border in the face of the coronavirus pandemic, Seoul’s unification ministry said on Wednesday.
The figure has been on a steady decline for some time but slumped to just 229 last year, the ministry said, far below the 2019 tally of 1,047.
The vast majority of defectors first travel to neighbouring China, sometimes staying there for years before making their way on to the South via third countries, and only a handful risk crossing the heavily-fortified Demilitarized Zone that divides the peninsula.
The North has not confirmed a single case of COVID-19 – although experts have long said it is unlikely to have escaped the pandemic – and in September the commander of US forces in the South said Pyongyang had issued shoot-to-kill orders in its border areas. ....

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Virus Outbreak: Fewer N Korean defectors due to pandemic: Seoul


Virus Outbreak: Fewer N Korean defectors due to pandemic: Seoul
AFP, SEOUL
The number of North Koreans defecting to the South last year plummeted after Pyongyang closed its border in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, the South Korean Ministry of Unification said yesterday.
The figure has been on a steady decline for the past few years, but slumped to just 229 last year, the ministry said, far below the 1,047 of 2019.
The vast majority of Northern defectors first travel to neighboring China, sometimes staying there for years before making their way to the South via third countries, and only a handful directly cross the Demilitarized Zone that divides the Korean Peninsula. ....

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