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North Korean refugees who resettle in South Korea have been exposed to various forms of traumatic experiences in their home country before migration. 49–81% of adult North Korean refugees have reported experiencing or witnessing at least one type of traumatic event, directly and/or indirectly. [34]
In July 2004, 468 North Korean refugees were airlifted to South Korea in the single largest mass defection; Vietnam initially tried to keep their role in the airlift secret, and in advance of the deal, even anonymous sources in the South Korean government would only tell reporters that the defectors came from "an unidentified Asian country". [21]
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In the 1990s and 2000s, North Korean-Vietnamese relations declined even more due to investment and trade disputes. [11] [12]The former Vietnamese ambassador to South Korea is a graduate of North Korea's Kim Il Sung University. [13]
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Oh Chong-song (Korean: 오청성; born 1992 or 1993), also spelled Oh Chung-sung, [2] is a North Korean defector.Oh is one of several defectors who have defected to South Korea via the Joint Security Area (JSA).
The law established an office at the State Department focused on North Korean human rights. It (1) authorized up to $20 million for each of the fiscal years 2005-2008 for assistance to North Korean refugees, $2 million for promoting human rights and democracy in North Korea and $2 million to promote freedom of information inside North Korea.
In 2019, South Korea deported two North Korean fishermen who tried to defect, saying that an investigation had found the men had killed 16 of their crewmates. [14] In July 2020, North Korea reported a suspected case of COVID-19 in a man who had defected to the South and then swam to the North from Ganghwa Island . [ 15 ]