Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agoNorth Korean defectors to South tripled in 2023, Seoul sayswww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square26fedilinkarrow-up1114arrow-down13
arrow-up1111arrow-down1external-linkNorth Korean defectors to South tripled in 2023, Seoul sayswww.theguardian.comLee Duna@lemmy.nz to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agomessage-square26fedilink
minus-squareWelcomeBear@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·6 months ago“Just 63 people made it to the South in 2021, more than 90% down from 2019, when 1,047 arrived. The number stayed low in 2022, at just 67.”
minus-squarenaturalgasbad@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down2·6 months agoSo… 2023 is still way below 2019? Makes a good headline, I guess
minus-squareDeceptichum@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up3·6 months agoHuh guess they really cracked down during Covid.
“Just 63 people made it to the South in 2021, more than 90% down from 2019, when 1,047 arrived. The number stayed low in 2022, at just 67.”
So… 2023 is still way below 2019? Makes a good headline, I guess
Huh guess they really cracked down during Covid.