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The North Korean who went home: many defectors struggle against discrimination in the South

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par Christoph Bluth, Professor of International Relations and Security, University of Bradford

The re-defection of a North Korean refugee, who had spent two years in South Korea after escaping the repressive communist country in 2020 before returning north on January 1, has shone a spotlight on the discrimination many northerners face in the richer and more sophisticated south.

The defector has been identified as a 29-year-old former gymnast, Kim Woo-joo. Kim crossed the…

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