April 19, 2024
Interviews

Helping North Korean defectors without benefits

Private school works to help half-Chinese children lost in transition after they defect

Half-Chinese youth defectors have undergone isolation and exclusion in South Korean society, the founder of Durihana church and school told NK News.

Chun Ki-won has been working at saving defectors since the 1990s creating routes from China to South Korea. Now, he is taking care of young defectors, especially those ostracized for reasons of ethnicity.

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