South Korea says it has expressed its concerns to China after assessing that the country returned an unspecified “large number” of North Koreans, including escapees, back home.
FILE - North Korean defectors and human right activists stage a rally demanding Chinese government to release North Korean defectors captured in China, near the Chinese Embassy in Seoul, South Korea on Sept. 22, 2023. South Korea on Friday, Oct. 13, 2023 said it had expressed its concerns to China after assessing that it recently returned a “large number” of North Koreans, including escapees, back to their homeland.
His comments followed several media reports based on activist sources that alleged China recently returned hundreds of escapees back to North Korea where they would face the risk of persecution and harsh treatment. Koo said Seoul “sternly raised the issue with the Chinese side” but did not specify how it communicated its concerns.
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