April 24, 2024
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Seoul to halve North Korean defector interrogation period: MOU

Intelligence services will have up to 90 days with escapees before they are transferred

South Korea on Tuesday approved measures reducing the maximum period that recent defectors can be interrogated by intelligence services to 90 days, the Ministry of Unification (MOU) announced.

North Korean defectors who arrived in the South must undergo joint interrogation by South Korean authorities before being transferred to the settlement support center known as Hanawon.

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