N. Korean defector sues Chongryon over emigration program

OSAKA, Japan - Yumiko Chiba speaks at a news conference in Osaka on June 13 after filing an 11 million yen damages suit against the General Association of Korean Residents in Japan, or Chongryon, over its responsibility for a program that promoted the emigration of Korean residents of Japan to North Korea. Chiba, 47, moved to North Korea with her parents in 1963 under the program and defected from the country in 2003. (Kyodo)

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