Six More North Korean Refugees Caught at the Laos-Thailand Border

The refugees, including one child, were arrested on September 2nd at the village of Sri Chiangmai in the Nong Khai region of Northeastern Thailand, along with Kim Hee Tae, a South Korean humanitarian aid worker. Mr. Kim was able to make bail by paying a large amount of money to the authorities; the refugees remain jailed in Nong Khai.

Norbert Vollertsen is with them, and provided the details for this post.

The timing is fortuitous, with the new E.U. Resolution and the media attention on the nearly 300 North Korean refugees still in Thai custody. If you wish to contact a Thai Embassy in your country, you can probably find it here.