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JH Ahn
JH Ahn was an NK News contributor based in Seoul. He previously worked as an interpreter for United States Forces Korea.
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News Almost half of defectors experience discrimination in the South: major surveyJournalists frequently violate their private lives, respondents say Around 50 percent of North Korean defectors living in South Korea say they have experienced discrimination because of their background, a recent poll by a South Korean government-backed institute said on Tuesday. The number of North Korean defectors in South Korea has more than tripled since 2006, the report said, creating a rising need to ensure more protection of defectors' rights as prejudice and discrimination have increased. © Korea Risk Group. All rights reserved. |