Calls grow for China to stop repatriating North Korean defectors

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South Korea's human rights chief called on China Friday not to repatriate up to 2,000 North Korean defectors that it has been detaining during COVID-19 border closures. File Photo by Stephen Shaver/UPI | License Photo SEOUL, June 23 (UPI) -- The head of South Korea's human rights watchdog group urged China on Friday not to repatriate thousands of detained North Korean escapees after borders are reopened, echoing growing concerns from the international community that a return is imminent. Song Doo-hwan, chairman of the National Human Rights Commission of Korea, said in a statement that the North Korean escapees would face...