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A Whole New World
For North Koreans who manage to escape to the South, life is modern, strange and full of challenges
BY DONALD MACINTYRE | SEOUL
In North Korea, Yoo Seun Eum's job was considered to be a prestigious one: she ensured that the comrades in her local ward carefully dusted the official portraits of Dear Leader Kim Jong Il and his father, the late Kim Il Sung, hanging on their homes' walls. But life was grim, and after two sons fled to South Korea in 1997, she followed three years later. Since her arrival, Yoo has drifted through a string of menial, low-paying jobs. Now working as a cleaning woman, she is able to make ends meet with a small temporary stipend from a local government office. "Defectors have nowhere to turn in South Korea," she laments. "Nobody is willing to listen."
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Seoul Pressed to Address Claims of Human Experiments in NK

By Reuben Staines
Staff Reporter
A BBC documentary program quoting a North Korean scientist who claims he experimented with chemical weapons on political prisoners has upped international pressure on Seoul to address the human rights issue with Pyongyang.
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