Just 105 North Korean escapees arrive in South in first half of 2024: Seoul | NK News
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October 13, 2024
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Just 105 North Korean escapees arrive in South in first half of 2024: Seoul

Figure is similar to last year and suggests heightened border controls continue to make it difficult to defect

Sixty-two North Korean escapees arrived in South Korea between April and June this year, according to unification ministry data, bringing the total number of arrivals in the first half of 2024 to just 105.

The figure is similar to the 99 escapees that arrived in the South in the first six months of last year, indicating that North Koreans are still struggling to flee after the regime expanded border controls during the pandemic.

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