24 More Defectors From the North Confirmed
Days after 25 North Korean escapees reached South Korea following a dramatic dash for freedom, Seoul reported the arrival of 24 more defectors from the famine-stricken communist North.
The South’s National Intelligence Service said most of the 24 North Koreans had fled their country in February 1997 and made their way to South Korea through third countries.
It said the latest arrivals had taken the number of North Koreans to have reached South Korea this year to 162.
They join almost 2,000 North Korean defectors who have settled in South Korea. Most have arrived via China in recent years.
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