Defector recalls Shenyang asylum bid with bitterness

Defector recalls Shenyang asylum bid with bitterness

SEOUL, South Korea - Li Son Hee (R) and her 3-year-old daughter, who are from North Korea, pose before a poster depicting their arrest by Chinese guards while trying to seek asylum at the Japanese Consulate General in Shenyang, China in May 2002. They recently met a Kyodo News reporter in South Korea's South Cholla Province and Li recalled the incident with bitterness. (Kyodo)

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