South Korea unveils a monument for North Korean defectors who died attempting to escape, at the Odusan Unification Observatory near the border.

South Korea's Unification Ministry has unveiled a monument near the inter-Korean border to commemorate North Korean defectors who lost their lives attempting to escape the repressive regime. The monument, installed at the Odusan Unification Observatory in Paju, a border city just south of the Demilitarized Zone separating the two Koreas, marks July 14 as the official day for North Korean defectors, coinciding with the enactment of the law on protecting North Korean defectors and supporting their settlement in 1997. South Korea has a long-standing policy of accepting any North Korean defectors wishing to live in the South, currently hosting over 34,000 of them.

August 01, 2024
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