North Korean Defectors: How 30,000+ Got Out and Start Over
More than 30,000 North Korean defectors have reached South Korea, most of them via China. The usual path runs across a border river into China, through China to a third country, then to Seoul for security screening and 12 weeks at Hanawon (하나원), the government’s resettlement school, before a new life in a country that shares their language but very little else.