North Korean Refugees

The North Korean Refugees are left in a very poor condition struggling every day to survive. The North Korean Refugees came into existence after the disastrous Korean War that continued from 1950 to 1953. The Korean War has also been referred by the historians as 'The Forgotten War'. Once after the completion of the war, Korea ended up with a division. The two countries that came into emergence after the War were North Korea and South Korea. But, These two countries adopted different economic systems. While South Korea adopted the liberal economy, South Korea adopted the nationalized economy.

The political systems were different as well for these two countries. While South Korea emerged as the Republic State, North Korea emerged as the Communist State. There followed an extensive political oppression in North Korea. This oppression gave birth to the unfortunate North Korean Refugees. Not only the political oppression was the issue behind the birth of the North Korean Refugees but also the poor economy of North Korea. A bulk of the North Korean citizens were left with starvation. And to save themselves from the haunt of starvation, many from North Korea started to flee to neighboring countries like China and Russia.

But in spite of fleeing, the North Korean Refugees rarely find peace in the countries they flee to. Some are forced to return to North Korea while a few are punished to death as well. These North Korean Refugees often risk their lives while fleeing to the neighboring countries. They are often found dead on the borders.

Few non-profit organizations like SNKR are trying to make the lives of the North Korean Refugees a better one by providing shelter and food to them.