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Write : 2010-01-06 18:23:20 Update : 0000-00-00 00:00:00
The number of North Koreans who fled to South Korea in 2009 is known to be close to three-thousand.
A Ministry of Unification official said more than 2,200 women and almost 680 men from North Korea entered South Korea in 2009, totaling more than 2,950 in a preliminary tally.
The official added that this makes the cumulative number of North Korean escapees total approximately 18-thousand, which is almost certain to surpass 20-thousand in 2010.
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