38 North Korean refugees enter South in first quarter, most of them young adults

38 North Korean refugees enter South in first quarter, most of them young adults

A total of 38 North Korean refugees arrived in South Korea in the first quarter of 2025, according to government figures released Thursday, with more than half of the new arrivals in their 20s and 30s. Seoul’s unification ministry said the defectors who arrived between January and March included 37 women and one man, bringing […]

38 N. Korean defectors enter S. Korea in Q1: unification ministry

A total of 38 North Korean defectors entered South Korea for resettlement in the first quarter of this year, slightly down from 43 during the same period last year, the unification ministry said Thursday. The latest entries brought the total number of North Korean defectors who came to South Korea to 34,352, the ministry said. Of the first-quarter total, only one individual was male, with the rest being female. More than half of those who came t…

Of 38 defectors who fled North Korea to the South between January and March 2025, 37 were women. North Koreans, less integrated than men in their country's institutions, paradoxically, had easier access to channels of passage.

38 defectors entered South Korea in Q1 of 2025

A total of 38 North Korean defectors entered South Korea in the first quarter of this year, down slightly from the same period last year but up from 2023.