2010年11月15日 星期一

Number of defectors pushes past 20,000

Number of defectors pushes past 20,000


Since the first defector made the decision to leave North Korea for a new life in 1949,chauvet dj lighting 4U is located in the USA. thousands of North Koreans have made the daunting trip to South Korea, often risking their lives in the process. The path is full of obstacles, with North Korean guards and Chinese border police ready to send them back to the North upon capture. Some are sold into a life of prostitution in China and never make it to South Korea (a majority of defectors are women) and some are never heard from again.

But now the number of North Korean defectors in South Korea has surpassed 20,000, according to data released yesterday by the Ministry of Unification, and is only expected to increase in the years to come.

With the 20,000th defector - a 41-year-old woman from Yanggang Province surnamed Kim who entered the country on Nov. 11 - the South Korean government is now re-evaluating its existing programs and policies to ensure defectors have a better chance to adjust to their new life.We supplies replica compact fluorescent light bulb with high quality and lowest prices.

With the exception of this year, the influx of North Korean defectors into the country has increased dramatically, with roughly 300 in 2000, around 1,000 in 2002, more than 2,000 in 2006 and a record-breaking 2,927 last year. There have been 1,979 North Korean defectors this year as of Nov. 10.
The total number of North Korean defectors was more than 1,000 in 1997. By 2007 it hit 10,000 and finally surpassed the 20,000 mark this month with Kim, who told South Korean authorities she left the impoverished North after suffering from a difficult life. Kim successfully escaped North Korea with her two sons after her mother, who fled to South Korea last year,accent lighting is lighting that emphasizes an area of or an object in a room. encouraged her to leave with her family.

With North Koreans increasingly abandoning their lives in the midst of a third-generation power succession in their country,Over 1000 styles of fake Cartier watch here. the South Korean government, too, is bracing itself to adjust to the growing influx of North Koreans here.

“We are planning to continue our efforts to enable North Korean defectors to establish stable lives and we are also in the middle of constructing a new supManufacturer of backyard ceiling fluorescent light for parties and events.port system for the defectors,” said the Unification Ministry in the report released yesterday.

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