Only one North Korean defector entered the United States in the capacity of a refugee last year, the fewest since Washington began to accept North Korean refugees in 2006, a US broadcaster reported Tuesday, citing State Department data.
A female North Korean defector in her 20s entered America on Jan. 12 last year, and settled down in Arizona, Voice of America said.
The figure was the smallest since 2006, when the US enacted the North Korean Human Rights Law to allow North Korean defectors' entry.
Ambassador Robert King, US special envoy for North Korean human rights issues. (Yonhap)
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