Sharp drop in North Korea refugees to South
- Published: 2 Jan 2013 at 13.46
- Online news: Asia
The number of North Korean refugees fleeing to the South fell sharply last year, officials in Seoul said, with activists citing crackdowns and tighter border controls.
Visitors walk past barbed wire covered with "reunification ribbons" near the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) dividing the two Koreas on January 1, 2013. The number of North Korean refugees fleeing to the South fell sharply last year, officials in Seoul said, with activists citing crackdowns and tighter border controls.
A total of 1,508 North Koreans arrived in the South in 2012 -- nearly all of them via China -- down from 2,706 the previous year, the Unification Ministry said.
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