Some North Korea escapees end up desperate enough to return
While tens of thousands risk everything to flee North Korea, a few, having failed to adjust to the capitalist South, make a desperate journey back.
Source: latimes.com
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Some escapees pay bribes, cross rivers, risk lives to return to Kim Jong Un's North Korea
Nearly 1 in 5 North Korean refugees in South Korea said they have thought about going back, according to a 2021 survey by the nonprofit Database Center for North Korean Human Rights. The reason most often given is missing one’s hometown or family. Some said they experienced discrimination in South Korea or found the capitalist society too competitive, according to the survey.
Source: stripes.com
Double defector who returned to North Korea 'struggled financially' in South | North Korea
Man’s decision raises questions about treatment of defectors in South Korea with many said to face discrimination
Source: theguardian.com
Returned North Korea defector struggled to resettle in South, lived meagre life
A former North Korean defector who made a risky and rare cross-border return home last week had struggled in South Korea, officials and media reports said on Tu
Source: timesofearth.com
Defector who returned to N Korea 'had a difficult life' in Seoul | News
Official says man who crossed into North Korea last week was a defector who had struggled in his new life in the South.
Source: aljazeera.com