Defectors who cross the border from North Korea into South Korea risk their lives. If they leave any family members behind, those family members will most likely be put in jail. They may live the rest of their lives in one of the huge forced-labor camps in North Korea that already contain hundreds of thousands of people. North Korea has a policy of punishing three generations for any violation of the law made by a single family member.
If a North Korean defector is able to escape, there is one thing that some can never escape, which is contamination by radiation. Some defectors from North Korea are bringing radiation with them and others evidence of exposure to a deadly disease.
Fox News reported that South Korean health officials, who tested the North Korean refugees seeking asylum in South Korea, found that some had radiation exposure and some had antibodies for anthrax. The anthrax exposure may indicate North Korean efforts to create biological weapons of mass destruction.
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