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Ahmed Al-Sharaa Meets Syrian Photographer Known as Caesar - Paris

Syrian President Ahmed Al-Sharaa (left) receives Farid Al-Madhan, Syrian photographer defector known as ‘Caesar’, during his stay in Paris, France on May 7, 2025. It’s Ahmed Al-Sharaa first visit to Europe or outside the Middle East since taking office. Photo by Balkis Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Ahmed Al-Sharaa Meets Syrian Photographer Known as Caesar - Paris

Syrian President Ahmed Al-Sharaa (left) receives Farid Al-Madhan, Syrian photographer defector known as ‘Caesar’, during his stay in Paris, France on May 7, 2025. It’s Ahmed Al-Sharaa first visit to Europe or outside the Middle East since taking office. Photo by Balkis Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Ahmed Al-Sharaa Meets Syrian Photographer Known as Caesar - Paris

L-R : Syrian Foreign Affairs Minister Asaad al-Shaibani, President Ahmed Al-Sharaa and Farid Al-Madhan, Syrian photographer defector known as ‘Caesar’, pose for a photo during Shara’ stay in Paris, France on May 7, 2025. It’s his first visit to Europe or outside the Middle East since taking office. Photo by Balkis Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Ahmed Al-Sharaa Meets Syrian Photographer Known as Caesar - Paris

Syrian President Ahmed Al-Sharaa (center) receives Farid Al-Madhan, Syrian photographer defector known as ‘Caesar’, during his stay in Paris, France on May 7, 2025. It’s Ahmed Al-Sharaa first visit to Europe or outside the Middle East since taking office. Photo by Balkis Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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High-profile defector from N. Korea

Ri Jong Ho, a former senior North Korean official who defected in 2014, gives an interview near Washington on May 2, 2024.

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Press conference on special operation of Ukrainian intelligence to lure out Russian Mi-8 helicopter pilot

KYIV, UKRAINE - SEPTEMBER 5, 2023 - Representative of the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine Andrii Yusov attends a press conference to share the details of the Synytsia (Tit) special operation of the Ukrainian Defence Intelligence, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine. As reported, a Russian pilot flying a Mi-8 AMTSh helicopter loaded with parts for Sukhoi fighter jets crossed into Ukraine in August 2023.

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Press conference on special operation of Ukrainian intelligence to lure out Russian Mi-8 helicopter pilot

KYIV, UKRAINE - SEPTEMBER 5, 2023 - Representative of the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine Andrii Yusov, journalist, serviceman, author of the Military Intelligence of Ukraine documentary series Artem Shevchenko and defected Russian Mi-8 helicopter pilot, Captain Maksim Kuzminov (L to R) are pictured during a press conference to share the details of the Synytsia (Tit) special operation of the Ukrainian Defence Intelligence, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine. As reported, a Russian pilot flying a Mi-8 AMTSh helicopter loaded with parts for Sukhoi fighter jets crossed into Ukraine in August 2023.

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Press conference on special operation of Ukrainian intelligence to lure out Russian Mi-8 helicopter pilot

KYIV, UKRAINE - SEPTEMBER 5, 2023 - Journalist, serviceman, author of the Military Intelligence of Ukraine documentary series Artem Shevchenko (L) and defected Russian Mi-8 helicopter pilot, Captain Maksim Kuzminov are pictured during a press conference to share the details of the Synytsia (Tit) special operation of the Ukrainian Defence Intelligence, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine. As reported, a Russian pilot flying a Mi-8 AMTSh helicopter loaded with parts for Sukhoi fighter jets crossed into Ukraine in August 2023.

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Press conference on special operation of Ukrainian intelligence to lure out Russian Mi-8 helicopter pilot

KYIV, UKRAINE - SEPTEMBER 5, 2023 - Representative of the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine Andrii Yusov attends a press conference to share the details of the Synytsia (Tit) special operation of the Ukrainian Defence Intelligence, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine. As reported, a Russian pilot flying a Mi-8 AMTSh helicopter loaded with parts for Sukhoi fighter jets crossed into Ukraine in August 2023.

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Press conference on special operation of Ukrainian intelligence to lure out Russian Mi-8 helicopter pilot

KYIV, UKRAINE - SEPTEMBER 5, 2023 - Representative of the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine Andrii Yusov (L) and journalist, serviceman, author of the Military Intelligence of Ukraine documentary series Artem Shevchenko are pictured during a press conference to share the details of the Synytsia (Tit) special operation of the Ukrainian Defence Intelligence, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine. As reported, a Russian pilot flying a Mi-8 AMTSh helicopter loaded with parts for Sukhoi fighter jets crossed into Ukraine in August 2023.

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Press conference on special operation of Ukrainian intelligence to lure out Russian Mi-8 helicopter pilot

KYIV, UKRAINE - SEPTEMBER 5, 2023 - Representative of the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine Andrii Yusov attends a press conference to share the details of the Synytsia (Tit) special operation of the Ukrainian Defence Intelligence, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine. As reported, a Russian pilot flying a Mi-8 AMTSh helicopter loaded with parts for Sukhoi fighter jets crossed into Ukraine in August 2023.

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Press conference on special operation of Ukrainian intelligence to lure out Russian Mi-8 helicopter pilot

KYIV, UKRAINE - SEPTEMBER 5, 2023 - Journalist, serviceman and author of the Military Intelligence of Ukraine documentary series Artem Shevchenko attends a press conference to share the details of the Synytsia (Tit) special operation of the Ukrainian Defence Intelligence, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine. As reported, a Russian pilot flying a Mi-8 AMTSh helicopter loaded with parts for Sukhoi fighter jets crossed into Ukraine in August 2023.

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Press conference on special operation of Ukrainian intelligence to lure out Russian Mi-8 helicopter pilot

KYIV, UKRAINE - SEPTEMBER 5, 2023 - Representative of the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine Andrii Yusov (L) and journalist, serviceman, author of the Military Intelligence of Ukraine documentary series Artem Shevchenko are pictured during a press conference to share the details of the Synytsia (Tit) special operation of the Ukrainian Defence Intelligence, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine. As reported, a Russian pilot flying a Mi-8 AMTSh helicopter loaded with parts for Sukhoi fighter jets crossed into Ukraine in August 2023.

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Press conference on special operation of Ukrainian intelligence to lure out Russian Mi-8 helicopter pilot

KYIV, UKRAINE - SEPTEMBER 5, 2023 - Representative of the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine Andrii Yusov attends a press conference to share the details of the Synytsia (Tit) special operation of the Ukrainian Defence Intelligence, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine. As reported, a Russian pilot flying a Mi-8 AMTSh helicopter loaded with parts for Sukhoi fighter jets crossed into Ukraine in August 2023.

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Press conference on special operation of Ukrainian intelligence to lure out Russian Mi-8 helicopter pilot

KYIV, UKRAINE - SEPTEMBER 5, 2023 - Representative of the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine Andrii Yusov, journalist, serviceman, author of the Military Intelligence of Ukraine documentary series Artem Shevchenko and defected Russian Mi-8 helicopter pilot, Captain Maksim Kuzminov (L to R) are pictured during a press conference to share the details of the Synytsia (Tit) special operation of the Ukrainian Defence Intelligence, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine. As reported, a Russian pilot flying a Mi-8 AMTSh helicopter loaded with parts for Sukhoi fighter jets crossed into Ukraine in August 2023.

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Press conference on special operation of Ukrainian intelligence to lure out Russian Mi-8 helicopter pilot

KYIV, UKRAINE - SEPTEMBER 5, 2023 - Defected Russian Mi-8 helicopter pilot, Captain Maksim Kuzminov attends a press conference to share the details of the Synytsia (Tit) special operation of the Ukrainian Defence Intelligence, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine. As reported, a Russian pilot flying a Mi-8 AMTSh helicopter loaded with parts for Sukhoi fighter jets crossed into Ukraine in August 2023.

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Press conference on special operation of Ukrainian intelligence to lure out Russian Mi-8 helicopter pilot

KYIV, UKRAINE - SEPTEMBER 5, 2023 - Defected Russian Mi-8 helicopter pilot, Captain Maksim Kuzminov attends a press conference to share the details of the Synytsia (Tit) special operation of the Ukrainian Defence Intelligence, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine. As reported, a Russian pilot flying a Mi-8 AMTSh helicopter loaded with parts for Sukhoi fighter jets crossed into Ukraine in August 2023.

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Press conference on special operation of Ukrainian intelligence to lure out Russian Mi-8 helicopter pilot

KYIV, UKRAINE - SEPTEMBER 5, 2023 - Defected Russian Mi-8 helicopter pilot, Captain Maksim Kuzminov attends a press conference to share the details of the Synytsia (Tit) special operation of the Ukrainian Defence Intelligence, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine. As reported, a Russian pilot flying a Mi-8 AMTSh helicopter loaded with parts for Sukhoi fighter jets crossed into Ukraine in August 2023.

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Press conference on special operation of Ukrainian intelligence to lure out Russian Mi-8 helicopter pilot

KYIV, UKRAINE - SEPTEMBER 5, 2023 - Journalist, serviceman and author of the Military Intelligence of Ukraine documentary series Artem Shevchenko attends a press conference to share the details of the Synytsia (Tit) special operation of the Ukrainian Defence Intelligence, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine. As reported, a Russian pilot flying a Mi-8 AMTSh helicopter loaded with parts for Sukhoi fighter jets crossed into Ukraine in August 2023.

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Press conference on special operation of Ukrainian intelligence to lure out Russian Mi-8 helicopter pilot

KYIV, UKRAINE - SEPTEMBER 5, 2023 - Representative of the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine Andrii Yusov, journalist, serviceman, author of the Military Intelligence of Ukraine documentary series Artem Shevchenko and defected Russian Mi-8 helicopter pilot, Captain Maksim Kuzminov (L to R) are pictured during a press conference to share the details of the Synytsia (Tit) special operation of the Ukrainian Defence Intelligence, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine. As reported, a Russian pilot flying a Mi-8 AMTSh helicopter loaded with parts for Sukhoi fighter jets crossed into Ukraine in August 2023.

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Press conference on special operation of Ukrainian intelligence to lure out Russian Mi-8 helicopter pilot

KYIV, UKRAINE - SEPTEMBER 5, 2023 - Representative of the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine Andrii Yusov, journalist, serviceman, author of the Military Intelligence of Ukraine documentary series Artem Shevchenko and defected Russian Mi-8 helicopter pilot, Captain Maksim Kuzminov (L to R) are pictured during a press conference to share the details of the Synytsia (Tit) special operation of the Ukrainian Defence Intelligence, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine. As reported, a Russian pilot flying a Mi-8 AMTSh helicopter loaded with parts for Sukhoi fighter jets crossed into Ukraine in August 2023.

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N. Korean defector group tries to fly leaflets over north

SEOUL, South Korea - A group of defectors from North Korea attempts to distribute leaflets slamming Pyongyang in Paju, north of Seoul, South Korea, in this photo taken on Sept. 21, 2014. South Korea's parliamentary debate on a bill aiming at improving human rights conditions in North Korea is in full swing following the adoption of a U.N. committee resolution denouncing Pyongyang's violations of such rights.

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Exhibition on N. Korean defector family

SEOUL, South Korea - Materials including dairies and drawings related to Kim Han Mi and her family who defected from North Korea are exhibited at a gallery in Seoul, South Korea, on June 18, 2014. The event is being held to look back on the journey of the family, who defected to South Korea via the Japanese consulate in Shenyang, China, in 2002.

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Exhibition on N. Korean defector family

SEOUL, South Korea - Drawings related to Kim Han Mi and her family who defected from North Korea are exhibited at a gallery in Seoul, South Korea, on June 18, 2014. The event is being held to look back on the journey of the family, who defected to South Korea via the Japanese consulate in Shenyang, China, in 2002.

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N. Korean born at prison camp tells harrowing tale

TOKYO, Japan - Shin Dong Hyuk, a defector from North Korea who was born to parents at a labor camp for political prisoners, gives an interview in Tokyo on Jan. 27, 2014. Shin visited Japan ahead of the March 1 start of the screening in the country of "Camp 14: Total Control Zone," a German documentary film offering a glimpse into the horrible reality at the camp based on his experiences there.

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Anniversary of N. Korean defector Hwang's death

SEOUL, South Korea - People including defectors from North Korea release large balloons carrying about 200,000 leaflets criticizing the North's government into the sky during an event at Imjingak, Paju, South Korea, near the border with the North, on Oct. 10, 2011, to commemorate the first anniversary of Hwang Jang Yop's death. Hwang, the highest-ranking North Korean ever to defect to South Korea, was found dead in Seoul on Oct. 10, 2010, after defecting from the North in 1997.

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Anniversary of N. Korean defector Hwang's death

SEOUL, South Korea - North Korean defectors raise an image of Hwang Jang Yop, the highest-ranking North Korean ever to defect to South Korea, during an event at Imjingak, Paju, South Korea, near the border with the North, on Oct. 10, 2011, to commemorate the first anniversary of Hwang's death. Hwang was found dead in Seoul on Oct. 10, 2010, after defecting to the South in 1997.

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N. Korean defector says he has no knowledge of abductee Yokota

TOKYO, Japan - Shigeru Yokota (C) and his wife Sakie, parents of Megumi Yokota, who was abducted to North Korea from Japan as a teenager and who Pyongyang claims has died, speaks to reporters in Tokyo on April 5, 20101, after Hwang Jang Yop, a former high-ranking North Korean official who defected to South Korea in 1997, told Japanese lawmakers in Tokyo he has no knowledge of Megumi. The former secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea was in Tokyo to meet some 20 lawmakers including Hiroshi Nakai, minister in charge of abduction issues.

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N. Korean defector learns how to use phone

SEOUL, South Korea - A defector from North Korea makes a call from a public phone at the Hanawon resettlement facility in Anseong, Gyeonggi Province, on July 8. During their three-month stay, the defectors learn about customs and the way of life in South Korea, including how to use telephone cards and computers.

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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.

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N. Korean 'defector' found to possess small amount of amphetamine

GOSHOGAWARA, Japan - A publicity officer speaks with reporters about the four people, thought to be North Koreans seeking asylum, who arrived in Aomori Prefecture in a small boat during a briefing session at the Aomori Prefecutural Police Department on June 4. One of the four was found to be in possession of a minute amount of amphetamine, police sources said.

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Japanese defector to N. Korea returns to Japan

NIIGATA, Japan - Kazumi Kitagawa, 31, a Japanese woman from Osaka who jumped into a river on the Chinese-North Korean border and defected to North Korea in August 2003 returned to Japan on Nov. 3. Photo shows Kitagawa holding a news conference at a Niigata hotel after arriving at Niigata airport from Pyongyang via Vladivostok.

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(2)Abduction probe group adds Saitama man as victim of abduction

TOKYO, Japan - A citizens group investigating possible cases of North Korea having abducted Japanese nationals said Aug. 2 that Susumu Fujita, who has been missing from Saitama Prefecture since 1976, is probably an abduction victim. The Investigation Commission on Missing Japanese Probably Related to North Korea said it obtained what is believed to be Fujita's photo from a North Korean defector.

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Top N. Korean defector willing to testify in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Hwang Jang Yop (L), a top-ranking North Korean official who defected to South Korea in 1997, poses for a photo in Seoul on June 14 with Japanese opposition lawmaker Shu Watanabe. Watanabe told Kyodo News on June 21 that Hwang, former secretary of the Workers Party of Korea, had expressed willingness to testify in Japan about the situation in the reclusive communist state.

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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.

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Defector says donated Japanese rice not reaching N. Koreans

TOKYO, Japan - Li Chang Song, a Japan-born ethnic Korean who moved to the North under a postwar repatriation program, speaks at a meeting of the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan's federation on North Korean humanitarian issues in Tokyo on July 25. Song, who has defected to South Korea, said rice donated to the North by Japan is being hoarded by its military personnel and is not reaching hungry people.

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N. Korean defector to be deported

Kim Yong Hwa (L), a 45-year-old man who claims to be a defector from North Korea, was being escorted July 10 from Fukuoka Immigration Detention Center to Omura Immigration Center in Nagasaki Prefecture for deportation to China. Japanese immigration authorities say papers carried by Kim show he is Chinese.

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Defector says donated Japanese rice not reaching N. Koreans

TOKYO, Japan - Li Chang Song, a Japan-born ethnic Korean who moved to the North under a postwar repatriation program, speaks at a meeting of the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan's federation on North Korean humanitarian issues in Tokyo on July 25. Song, who has defected to South Korea, said rice donated to the North by Japan is being hoarded by its military personnel and is not reaching hungry people.

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Top N. Korean defector willing to testify in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Hwang Jang Yop (L), a top-ranking North Korean official who defected to South Korea in 1997, poses for a photo in Seoul on June 14 with Japanese opposition lawmaker Shu Watanabe. Watanabe told Kyodo News on June 21 that Hwang, former secretary of the Workers Party of Korea, had expressed willingness to testify in Japan about the situation in the reclusive communist state. (Kyodo)

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The Defector - film (1966)

Roddy Mcdowall, Montgomery Clift & Hardy Kruger Characters: Agent Adam,Prof. James Bower & Film: The Defector (1966) Director: Raoul Levy 20 October 1966 Date: 20-Oct-66

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The Defector - film (1966)

Montgomery Clift & Macha Meril Characters: Prof. James Bower & Film: The Defector (1966) Director: Raoul Levy 20 October 1966 Date: 20-Oct-66

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The Defector - film (1966)

Montgomery Clift & Macha Meril Characters: Prof. James Bower & Film: The Defector (1966) Director: Raoul Levy 20 October 1966 Date: 20-Oct-66

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N. Korean defector attends press conference in Pyongyang

North Korean defector Ko Hyon Chol attends a press conference in Pyongyang on July 15, 2016. After fleeing the North to China in 2013 and eventually to South Korea in 2014, Ko was detained by North Korean authorities in May 2016 in a border area with China for allegedly attempting to kidnap a child. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Survivor of N. Korean prison camp speaks in Tokyo

Kang Chol Hwan, a defector from North Korea and survivor of a prison camp, speaks at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo on April 15, 2015. Kang said a number of Korean residents in Japan have been detained in North Korea after visits to the country. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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N. Korean defector seeks her return to North

Kim Ryen Hi (L), a North Korean defector to the South in 2011, protests to police in front of the Office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights in Seoul on Oct. 7, 2015. She says she wants to return to the North because her visit to Seoul had never been her true intention. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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N. Korean defector ejected from human rights office in Seoul

Kim Ryen Hi (C), a North Korean defector to the South in 2011, is removed by policewomen from the Office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights in Seoul on Oct. 7, 2015. She says she wants to return to the North since her visit to Seoul had never been her true intention. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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N. Korean defector badly wants to return to North

A tearful Kim Ryen Hi, a former dress designer from North Korea, says in Seoul on Sept. 29, 2015, she wants to return to the North to be reunited with her family. She said a broker prevented her from returning although she realized that her decision to visit Seoul in 2011 was a mistake, an unprecedented move by North Korean defectors to seek a return home. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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N. Korean defector learns how to use phone

SEOUL, South Korea - A defector from North Korea makes a call from a public phone at the Hanawon resettlement facility in Anseong, Gyeonggi Province, on July 8. During their three-month stay, the defectors learn about customs and the way of life in South Korea, including how to use telephone cards and computers. (Kyodo)

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(2)Abduction probe group adds Saitama man as victim of abduction

TOKYO, Japan - A citizens group investigating possible cases of North Korea having abducted Japanese nationals said Aug. 2 that Susumu Fujita, who has been missing from Saitama Prefecture since 1976, is probably an abduction victim. The Investigation Commission on Missing Japanese Probably Related to North Korea said it obtained what is believed to be Fujita's photo from a North Korean defector. (Kyodo)

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N. Korean 'defector' found to possess small amount of amphetamin

GOSHOGAWARA, Japan - A publicity officer speaks with reporters about the four people, thought to be North Koreans seeking asylum, who arrived in Aomori Prefecture in a small boat during a briefing session at the Aomori Prefecutural Police Department on June 4. One of the four was found to be in possession of a minute amount of amphetamine, police sources said. (Kyodo)