By Benjamin Katzeff Silberstein After diminishing to relatively low numbers following Kim Jong-un’s ascension to power and tighter controls preventing people from leaving the country, the number of defectors reaching South Korea was 15 percent higher between January and July this year as compared to 2015, Chosun Ilbo reports: From January thorough July this year some 815 North Koreans … Continue reading North Korean defector numbers up by 15 percent from last year