Protests against Forcibly Sending Back North Korean Defectors Occur in Six Nations

About 50 members of North Korean supportive organizations of Doori Hana Mission, North Korean Defectors’ Human Rights Alliance, and others held a protest at Sejongro in Seoul on December 22. Their slogans protested against China’s forcibly sending back of North Korean defectors to North Korea. The protest took place simultaneously in 12 other cities in six nations: the U.S., Japan, Canada, England, Australia, and Korea.

Yeong-Wook Byeon cut@donga.com