Monthly Archives: September 2019
Save North Korean Refugees Day 2019
LETTER OF PETITION
September 24, 2019 is the annual Save North Korean Refugees Day, organized by the North Korean Freedom Coalition. As a member of the Coalition, LFNKR has sent out Letters of Petition to the Chinese embassy and all the consulates in Japan, urging China’s president Xi Jinping to provide North Korean refugees with fair treatment according to the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees, a document which China signed and ratified on September 24, 1982.
Being Sold Like Swine
The following is a rough translation of an article written by Ryu In-ha at The Kyunghyang Newspaper. It is LFNKR’s belief that this article casts light on the situation of North Korean women victimized by human traffickers in China.
Seven out of ten North Korean defectors entering South Korea have been victims of Chinese human traffickers ― that is seventy percent.