: False hope: Many North Korean defectors struggle against discrimination in the South #IndiaNEWS The re-defection of a North Korean refugee, who had spent two years in South Korea after escaping the

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False hope: Many North Korean defectors struggle against discrimination in the South #IndiaNEWS
The re-defection of a North Korean refugee, who had spent two years in South Korea after escaping the repressive Communist country in 2020 before returning north on January 1, has shone a spotlight on the discrimination many northerners face in the richer and more sophisticated south.The defector has been identified as a 29-year-old former gymnast, Kim Woo-joo. Kim crossed the 2.5 mile heavily protected demilitarised zone and scaled 10 ft barbed-wire barriers to cross into the south in November 2020. He told South Korean officials he had defected to escape an abusive stepfather. Changing his name to Kim Woo-jeong, he reportedly found work as an office cleaner. But just over a year later he appears to have made the same dangerous journey in reverse. This has prompted speculation he might have been a spy, something denied by government officials.Many North Koreans escape their harsh lives in the country, where poverty and famine are widespread and human rights violations by the authorities are routine. About 3 lakh North Koreans have escaped and moved to various countries worldwide since the end of the conflict on the Korean peninsula in 1953 and about 30,000 settled in South Korea.It is rare for defectors to return to North Korea – there were about 30 in...Read more

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