Just 224 North Korean defectors entered South Korea for resettlement last year – a sharp drop from pre-2020 levels, when over 1,000 people made the perilous journey south each year. SEOUL: As North Korea seals itself ever more tightly from the outside world, the number of people able to escape – and to tell its stories – is dwindling. Two hundred and twenty-four North Korean defectors entered South Korea for resettlement last year, according to Seoul’s Ministry of Unification – a slight dip