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James Fretwell
James Fretwell is a writer based in Seoul, South Korea. He was an analyst at NK News, and he has often discussed the two Koreas in interviews on the BBC, ABC News Australia, Deutsche Welle and elsewhere.
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Features Overseas North Koreans face lengthy reeducation when borders open, defectors sayPyongyang will be extremely suspicious of those who have lived abroad for years during pandemic, escapees tell NK News Months of “reeducation” sessions, or even forced labor, await thousands of overseas North Koreans when they return home for the first time in over three and a half years, two defectors told NK News. A tourism company claimed last week that the DPRK is preparing to ease COVID-19 border restrictions to allow its own citizens back into the country, and South Korean media have reported that as many as 400 students studying overseas could return this week. © Korea Risk Group. All rights reserved. |