March 28, 2024
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Claims defector wants to return to N. Korea met with mixed reactions

Human rights activists have differing opinions on case of Kim Ryon Hui

Claims that an "accidental" female North Korean defector wishes to return to her homeland have been met with mixed reactions from human rights groups and Pyongyang-watchers, conversations with NK News revealed Thursday.

Video messages exchanged between Kim Ryon Hui – a defector who says she mistakenly went to South Korea in 2011 – and family in the North were exchanged in dramatic scenes revealed by American TV network CNN on Thursday.

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