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SK's Unification Ministry reiterates its position re 12 NK restaurant workers who defected from Ningbo, China in April 2016: they defected on their own. There is a lot more under the surface but SK is in a bind and this is the position to take for now
yonhapnews.co.kr/nk/2018/07/30/…
Ji Seong-ho waved his crutches at the State of the Union Address on Jan 30 in Washington. Ji explains that defectors cannot let NK know they defected on their own as their family members who're standing by in Pyongyang will then be sent to prison camps.
news.donga.com/List/PoliticsN…
If they admit they defected on own, family will suffer. If they leave it hanging and make NK think they were coerced, they won't. That's why some defectors stage their own disappearances or deaths before defecting. But do they wanna go back to NK? Apparently not a single one.
So why is SK lukewarm in defending its position? Prolly because they would rather NK dispute the position for the sake of family members; the defectors don't want SK to be insistent enough for NK to take it literally. The issue then is, is it insistent enough for OHCHR & Quintana
It's not clear if OHCHR and Tomas Ojea Quintana have any inkling of the issue at hand. From what we can gather, it's a delicate dance and most people with strong opinions on this issue are clueless and have no idea what they're talking about.
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Donga reports an economic delegation composed of representatives of US agricultural & German mining businesses visited NK in late Sept. The German concern is interested in NK's magnesite/graphite reserves and US agro biz looked at investment opportunity
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Foreign Minister Kang in another mini-controversy after Japan's Nihon-Kezai reports SoS Pompeo "blew up on her" after learning about the military agreement signed by SK and NK at the Pyongyang summit. N-K quotes Pompeo, "What do you think you're doing?"
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N-K: "There was no prior discussion about the nature of the military agreement SK struck with NK." Pompeo was said to be particularly upset about the 'no fly zone' established within proximity of MDL. US reconnaissance planes regularly fly near the area for surveillance of NK
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Japan declines to attend a naval event in Jeju after repeated calls by SK not to arrive with its Rising Sun Flag symbolizing Imperial Japan. However the real reason why it chose not to attend is more intricate.
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What happened is SK kept telling Japan's Embassy and Defense Minister that only the national flag should be flown. But Japan insisted it will come bearing the Rising Sun Flag. Then apparently SK NSA Chung and new Defense Minister Jung came up with a ploy
english.yonhapnews.co.kr/national/2018/…
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