Meanwhile, Some Defectors Are Still Getting Out

The 44 North Koreans who took refuge in the Canadian Embassy in September have all been flown to a “safe” country. Six more sought refuge in the French and Swedish embassies in Hanoi last week. Doug Shin also e-mailed a link to this article, reporting that a North Korean who worked as a Russian translator in Vladisvostok and had sought refuge in the local South Korean consulate has arrived in South Korea.