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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