ROK police investigating claims pastor molested 8 North Korean defector students

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ROK police investigating claims pastor molested 8 North Korean defector students

Authorities say pastor runs school for defectors, and he is reportedly known for helping 1,000 North Koreans escape

Ifang Bremer | Lina Park August 9, 2023

ROK police investigating claims pastor molested 8 North Korean defector students

An illustration of a man in a classroom | Image: NK News

Seoul police are investigating a South Korean pastor who runs an alternative school for North Korean defectors on charges of sexually assaulting eight youth and child escapees from the DPRK.

The Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency's Women and Juvenile Crime Investigation Division confirmed to NK News that it is investigating a pastor surnamed Chun for allegedly molesting North Korean defector students at the school in Seoul.

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Ifang Bremer

Ifang Bremer is a Seoul Correspondent at NK News. He has worked on investigations for The Guardian and The Observer and previously wrote features on Korea for Dutch newspaper NRC.

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Lina Park is a news trainee at NK News. She previously researched North Korean human rights issues at Hanvoice and South Korean foreign relations at the Asia-Pacific Foundation of Canada.

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