As stated in the other pages of this blog, North Korea is not a great place to live. President Trump might even describe it as a sh*thole. This may explain why some people are defecting from the North. I would not want to live without proper nourishment under a tyrannical regime either. Lee Tae-Won is one of these defectors.
Lee Tae-won is still overcome with guilt because he failed to bring his wife and child to South Korea with him. After arriving in South Korea in 2015, the North Korean defector took on the name Lee to try to protect his family. Unfortunately, it did not work. His wife and child were caught by the Chinese and were sent back to the North. They will likely be imprisoned and possibly executed.
What the Chinese did is call repatriation. This means returning of someone to their own country. This year China has increased the arrests and repatriation of North Koreans attempting to escape. All they want is to get away from the poverty and repression of the North. 41 North Koreans were arrested in just July and August. There were only 51 arrests for the entire year before.
Apparently China is doing this to avoid a refugee problem. They don't want to take on this group of poor and malnourished people that will not help their society. It is also possible that they are just helping out North Korea because they are allies. It is understandable if they don't want the economic baggage that comes with the refugees, but terrible if they are helping the North. Everyone knows that it is a terrible .
Lee Tae-won is still overcome with guilt because he failed to bring his wife and child to South Korea with him. After arriving in South Korea in 2015, the North Korean defector took on the name Lee to try to protect his family. Unfortunately, it did not work. His wife and child were caught by the Chinese and were sent back to the North. They will likely be imprisoned and possibly executed.
What the Chinese did is call repatriation. This means returning of someone to their own country. This year China has increased the arrests and repatriation of North Koreans attempting to escape. All they want is to get away from the poverty and repression of the North. 41 North Koreans were arrested in just July and August. There were only 51 arrests for the entire year before.
Apparently China is doing this to avoid a refugee problem. They don't want to take on this group of poor and malnourished people that will not help their society. It is also possible that they are just helping out North Korea because they are allies. It is understandable if they don't want the economic baggage that comes with the refugees, but terrible if they are helping the North. Everyone knows that it is a terrible .