30 More N. Koreans Seek U.S. Asylum
About 30 North Korean defectors are seeking asylum in the United States, Radio Free Asia quoted a mission leader working with refugees as saying yesterday.
In an interview with the Wasington-based news channel, Rev. Cheon Ki-won of Durihana Mission said, “A second group of North Korean defectors will soon be entering the United States following the first six in May.”
Cheon did not specify the identities of the defectors or their current whereabouts.
“The number of (N.K. defectors) will be around 25 to 30,” Cheon said. He said he was not sure whether they would be arriving in the United States together or separately.
Could someone explain to me why someone who speaks Korean and shares ethnicity with South Koreans is not immediately welcomed to South Korea?