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860,000 people projected to flee fighting in Sudan: UNHCR

STORY: 860,000 people projected to flee fighting in Sudan: UNHCR DATELINE: May 7, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:51 LOCATION: RENK, South Sudan CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of a UNHCR bus and trucks with people 2. various of South Sudanese with their belongings arriving at a transit site 3. various of South Sudanese returnees exiting buses 4. various of UNHCR staff helping children 5. various of returnees waiting at the transit site 6. various of a South Sudanese woman carrying her baby 7. various of makeshift structures at the transit site 8. various of people getting water 9. various of returnees leaving with their belongings on donkey carts 10. various of the transit site STORYLINE: The UN refugee agency UNHCR said on Thursday it anticipated an outflow of 860,000 people fleeing the fighting in Sudan, adding that it will need 445 million U.S. dollars to assist the displaced through October. Since the fighting between the Sudanese Army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) began, peopl

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NGO urges release of N. Korea defectors detained in China

TOKYO, Japan - Activists working to help North Korean refugees demonstrate in front of the Chinese Embassy in Tokyo on Jan. 30, calling for the release of more than a dozen people who fled North Korea from detention in China. The activists are from nongovernmental organization Rescue the North Korean People! Urgent Action Network (RENK).

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(1)RENK releases photos of N. Korean refugee seekers

BEIJING, China - One of four North Koreans is held by two guards after running into the Japanese School in Beijing to seek asylum in Japan on Feb. 18. The photo taken by Korea Press was released Feb. 19 by a private body, known as RENK, or ''Rescue The North Korean People! Urgent Action Network.'' (Kyodo)

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(2)RENK releases photos of N. Korean refugee seekers

BEIJING, China - A guard tries to pull North Koreans out of the Japanese School in Beijing after they ran into the school premises to seek asylum in Japan on Feb. 18. The photo taken by Korea Press was released Feb. 19 by a private body, known as RENK, or ''Rescue The North Korean People! Urgent Action Network.'' (Kyodo)

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4 N. Koreans seek asylum at Japanese school in Beijing

BEIJING, China - Photo released on the Web site of the RENK group, which assists North Korean asylum seekers, shows Chu Mi Yong (R), her daughter Roh Yu Mi (2nd from L), and son Roh Gwang Myoung (2nd from R), who joined Kim Chol (L), a student in entering a Japanese school in Beijing on Feb. 18 to seek political asylum. (Kyodo)

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(3)RENK releases photos of N. Korean refugee seekers

BEIJING, China - One of four North Koreans who ran into the Japanese School in Beijing to seek asylum in Japan on Feb. 18 tries to hand a person inside the gate a letter of petition after being pushed out of the school compound by guards. The photo taken by Korea Press was released Feb. 19 by a private body, known as RENK, or ''Rescue The North Korean People! Urgent Action Network.'' (Kyodo)

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NGO urges release of N. Korea defectors detained in China

TOKYO, Japan - Activists working to help North Korean refugees demonstrate in front of the Chinese Embassy in Tokyo on Jan. 30, calling for the release of more than a dozen people who fled North Korea from detention in China. The activists are from nongovernmental organization Rescue the North Korean People! Urgent Action Network (RENK). (Kyodo)