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Activist defector ‘redefects’ back to North Korea: Uriminzokkiri

Defector previously wrote book on hardships experienced in North Korea

A North Korean human rights activist defector who previously lived in South Korea has redefected to the North, state media outlet Uriminzokkiri said on Saturday.

Son Ok-soon, formerly a Christian human rights activist who also authored a Korean-language book about her difficulties in the North, used a 20-minute interview video to express regret for criticizing the DPRK system.

“Watching through the television, I realized that my fatherland changed remarkably in the past 10 years,” Son said in the video, with a noticeable South Korean accent.

“I became speechless to hear that the county provided luxury houses at Mirae Scientists Street,” she said.”This is impossible to imagine in in other countries.”

Son