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[โ€“] DarkCloud@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (3 children)

The man, who has worked as a day labourer in Paju and other cities, told police that he had accumulated several unpaid fines, according to South Korean newspaper The Dong-A Ilbo.

South Korea receives over 1,000 defectors from the North each year. In contrast, the number of defectors returning to North Korea totalled just 31 from 2012 to 2022, according to the South's Unification Ministry.