As China fractures down on North Korean defectors, 101 East follows 2 households’ desperate searches for flexibility.
China is expelling record numbers of North Korean defectors, instilling worry and desperation in this susceptible neighborhood. In October 2023, 600 North Koreans were byforce deported in the biggest repatriation in years. Human rights groups state the defectors, who North Korea calls “traitors” and “criminals”, have vanished because their