Over 26 pct of N. Korean Defectors Sent Money Back Home This Year
Over 26 pct of N. Korean Defectors Sent Money Back Home This Year Posted on (image: Yonhap) SEOUL, Dec. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — Over 26 percent of North Korean defectors living in South Korea sent remittances back to the communist country this year, a survey showed Thursday. According to the poll conducted by the Database Center for North Korean Human Rights (NKDB) and NK Social Research (NKSR), a survey agency specializing in North Korean defectors, 26.6 percent of the defectors in the South sent remittances to the North this year. The respondents sent an average of 1.51 million won (US$1,39...