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.

N. Korean defectors 'regret betrayal' by Japan

N. Korean defectors 'regret betrayal' by Japan

YEOSU, South Korea - Kim Guan Chol (L) and his wife Li Son Hee, with the couple's 2-year-old daughter on her lap, speak in a recent interview with Kyodo News in a city in South Cholla Province about the handling of their asylum bid by the Japanese Consulate General in Shenyang, northeastern China.

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)

N. Korean defectors 'regret betrayal' by Japan

N. Korean defectors 'regret betrayal' by Japan

YEOSU, South Korea - Kim Guan Chol (L) and his wife Li Son Hee, with the couple's 2-year-old daughter on her lap, speak in a recent interview with Kyodo News in a city in South Cholla Province about the handling of their asylum bid by the Japanese Consulate General in Shenyang, northeastern China. (Kyodo)