North Korea
Number of NK defectors up 15% on-year in first 8 months of this year
Sept. 7, 2016
The number of North Korean defectors coming to South Korea rose 15 percent on-year in the first eight months of 2016, government data showed Wednesday, as the North's leader is tightening his iron-fisted rule on the country.In the January-August period, 894 North Koreans escaped and arrived in South Korea, compared with 777 the previous year, according to the data by the Ministry of Unification.As of end-August, the total number of North Korean defectors reached 29,688 it showed, with the tally