What do you mean by defector?

North Korean defectors refer to the names of North Korean defectors and exiles by North Korean officials. The defectors are also called defectors, Korean refugees, Korean refugees, etc. The full name is "North Korean defector". Because he didn't adapt to the political system and living environment of North Korea, he left North Korea for other countries through abnormal channels. At first, it specifically refers to those who fled from North Korea to South Korea, and later it generally refers to all those who fled from North Korea.

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In the early days, defectors were desperate for political reasons. In the early 1990s, North Korea entered the era of suffering March, with economic depression and food shortage. A large number of defectors entered People's Republic of China (PRC) or defected to South Korea via China. On May 8, 2002, a defector with a two-year-old child broke into the Japanese consulate in Shenyang to seek asylum, which was photographed on the spot by foreign journalists and attracted global attention. In all the countries involved, North Korean officials regard defectors as traitors; South Korean officials believe that the defectors are refugees and demand that the countries concerned must rescue them. China does not regard defectors as refugees at all, but calls them illegal economic migrants. Influenced by the Korean media, the word defector has been widely known. According to the South Korean Unification Ministry, there are about 300,000 defectors from China, Russia, Mongolia and Southeast Asia.