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4 N. Korean defectors travel to S. Korea from Japan

INCHEON, South Korea - A family of four North Korean defectors wearing masks are escorted by South Korean government officials after arriving at Incheon International Airport, west of Seoul, from Japan on June 16, two weeks after arriving in Aomori Prefecture in northeastern Japan in a small, wooden boat on June 2.

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4 N. Korean defectors travel to S. Korea from Japan

INCHEON, South Korea - A family of four North Korean defectors wearing masks are escorted by South Korean government officials after arriving at Incheon International Airport, west of Seoul, from Japan on June 16, two weeks after arriving in Aomori Prefecture in northeastern Japan in a small, wooden boat on June 2.

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4 N. Korean defectors travel to S. Korea from Japan

INCHEON, South Korea - Four North Korean defectors wearing masks arrive at Incheon International Airport, west of Seoul, from Japan on June 16, two weeks after arriving in Aomori Prefecture in northeastern Japan in a small, wooden boat on June 2.

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4 N. Korean defectors travel to S. Korea from Japan

SEOUL, South Korea - Four North Korean defectors wearing masks arrive at Incheon International Airport, west of Seoul, from Japan on June 16, two weeks after arriving in Aomori Prefecture in northeastern Japan in a small, wooden boat on June 2.

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Japanese wives from N. Korea urge early passage of human rights bill

TOKYO, Japan - Two unidentified Japanese defectors (seated on the left side) from North Korea and one of their supporters are in talks with Shinzo Abe, acting secretary general of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, at the LDP headquarters in Tokyo on March 28. They called for early enactment of a human rights law aimed at protecting and supporting escapees from the North.

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3 N. Korean defectors arrive in Seoul via Singapore

SEOUL, South Korea - Three North Koreans, including two who sought asylum at the U.S. consulate in Shenyang, northeastern China, on May 8 and the other on May 9, arrive at Incheon International Airport on May 14 via Singapore.

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(2)N. Korean defectors fail to enter Japan consulate

SHENYANG, China - Two Chinese policemen hold down a North Korean woman outside the gate to the Japanese Consulate General in Shenyang, northeastern China, on May 8, as her daughter looks on. The woman entered the compound to seek political asylum.

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South Koreans cut barbed wire in advance of summit

SEOUL, South Korea - A group of South Koreans, including two defectors from North Korea (L and 2nd from L) and a baby born in 2000, cut barbed wire in a ceremony at a department store in Seoul on June 9. The event was held to mark a three-day summit between South and North Korea to get under way on June 12.

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Japanese wives from N. Korea urge early passage of human rights

TOKYO, Japan - Two unidentified Japanese defectors (seated on the left side) from North Korea and one of their supporters are in talks with Shinzo Abe, acting secretary general of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, at the LDP headquarters in Tokyo on March 28. They called for early enactment of a human rights law aimed at protecting and supporting escapees from the North. (Kyodo)

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UNSC discusses N. Korea's human rights situation

Photo shows two defectors from North Korea, who sat in a U.N. Security Council meeting on the human rights situation in the North at the U.N. headquarters in New York on Dec. 10, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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S. Korean group releases balloons carrying leaflets over border

Park Sang Hak, head of a South Korean activist group comprising North Korean defectors, speaks to reporters in Paju, South Korea, near the border with the North on Aug. 14, 2015. The group, called the Fighters for a Free North Korea, released balloons carrying about 200,000 anti-Pyongyang leaflets across the border into North Korea. Seoul accused Pyongyang earlier in the week of planting landmines in the demilitarized zone that seriously injured two South Korean soldiers. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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4 N. Korean defectors travel to S. Korea from Japan

INCHEON, South Korea - Four North Korean defectors wearing masks arrive at Incheon International Airport, west of Seoul, from Japan on June 16, two weeks after arriving in Aomori Prefecture in northeastern Japan in a small, wooden boat on June 2. (Kyodo)

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4 N. Korean defectors travel to S. Korea from Japan

SEOUL, South Korea - Four North Korean defectors wearing masks arrive at Incheon International Airport, west of Seoul, from Japan on June 16, two weeks after arriving in Aomori Prefecture in northeastern Japan in a small, wooden boat on June 2. (Kyodo)

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4 N. Korean defectors travel to S. Korea from Japan

INCHEON, South Korea - A family of four North Korean defectors wearing masks are escorted by South Korean government officials after arriving at Incheon International Airport, west of Seoul, from Japan on June 16, two weeks after arriving in Aomori Prefecture in northeastern Japan in a small, wooden boat on June 2. (Kyodo)

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4 N. Korean defectors travel to S. Korea from Japan

INCHEON, South Korea - A family of four North Korean defectors wearing masks are escorted by South Korean government officials after arriving at Incheon International Airport, west of Seoul, from Japan on June 16, two weeks after arriving in Aomori Prefecture in northeastern Japan in a small, wooden boat on June 2. (Kyodo)

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South Koreans cut barbed wire in advance of summit

SEOUL, South Korea - A group of South Koreans, including two defectors from North Korea (L and 2nd from L) and a baby born in 2000, cut barbed wire in a ceremony at a department store in Seoul on June 9. The event was held to mark a three-day summit between South and North Korea to get under way on June 12.