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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 Seoul officials demand China refrain from repatriating North Korean defectorsUnification minister calls on Beijing to abide by global norms, as thousands could be sent home when the DPRK reopens Top South Korean officials have called on China to refrain from detaining and forcibly repatriating North Korean defectors, as thousands face being sent home against their will when the DPRK reopens its borders. “We ask for the Chinese government's cooperation on the issue of detention and forced repatriation of North Korean defectors in China, which has been continuously raised by South Korea and the international community,” new unification minister Kim Yung-ho said at a press conference in Seoul on Wednesday. © Korea Risk Group. All rights reserved. |