Tankies: “wow, the CIA must be working around the clock!”
Compared to 2022? What about 2019?
“Just 63 people made it to the South in 2021, more than 90% down from 2019, when 1,047 arrived. The number stayed low in 2022, at just 67.”
Huh guess they really cracked down during Covid.
So... 2023 is still way below 2019? Makes a good headline, I guess
This is the best summary I could come up with:
The number of North Koreans who defected to South Korea tripled last year, as the easing of border closures imposed during the Covid-19 pandemic encouraged students, women and diplomats to make the perilous journey.
Defector numbers plummeted after North Korea sealed its border with China in early 2020 to prevent the virus from crippling its already inadequate healthcare system, with guards reportedly ordered to shoot suspected escapees on sight.
Very few people attempt to reach the South directly via the heavily armed demilitarised zone or by crossing the de facto maritime border, known as the northern limit line.
Last year, 13 defectors fled to the South by sea, the ministry said, adding that their willingness to risk their personal safety was indicative of “worsening conditions in North Korea”.
“Many must have found it unacceptable after experiencing what it was like to live in the free world, knowing that the economic situation even worsened and internal controls strengthened in North Korea.”
The most high-profile defectors include Thae Yong-ho, who defected in 2016 from the post of deputy ambassador at the North’s embassy in London, declaring himself “sick and tired” of Kim’s regime.
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Glad they got out, but I have to think Dear Leader will punish their families for it.
If it worked the way u people think it does, theyd run out of people to kill within a decade or two. Please stop repeating defector nonsense, Yeonmi Park especially is not a source of factual information, even the other defectors think she's full of shit, and that is saying something.
Pls dont bother responding to me. If u want to have an actual debate with facts and historical evidence, just go on hexbear and make a post about it. They'll be more than happy to dig the hole and craft the coffin, all you have to do is lie in it.
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