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Ifang Bremer
Ifang Bremer is a Seoul Correspondent at NK News. He has worked on investigations for The Guardian and The Observer and previously wrote features on Korea for Dutch newspaper NRC.
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News Hostility toward North Korean defectors on rise in South Korea: SurveyOne in four reports enmity toward defectors, which experts say reflects growing prejudice toward minorities globally Enmity toward North Korean defectors is growing in South Korea, a new survey shows, with nearly one in four respondents saying they feel negative about accepting North Koreans into society and nearly 70% saying they don’t want their children to marry a defector. The responses come from the recently released “Korea Social Integration Survey,” an annual poll by the Korea Institute of Public Administration (KIPA) to gauge public perceptions of minorities. © Korea Risk Group. All rights reserved. |