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Detailed explanation-1: -Most North Korean refugees reportedly leave the country due to economic reasons. Based on a study of North Korean defectors, women make up the majority of defections.

Detailed explanation-2: -Countless others have fled to China, Russia and elsewhere. It is common for defectors who have resettled in South Korea to arrange brokers to help family members back home to escape. But it is rare for anyone to go back into North Korea, and even rarer for them to make it back to South Korea a second time.

Detailed explanation-3: -Every year, over 1, 000 people escape from North Korea-one of the most secretive countries in the world. They do this because in North Korea, people have to live by very strict rules. A lot of people-including children-try to escape in order to have more freedom in their lives.

Detailed explanation-4: -South Korean defectors are South Korean citizens who have defected to North Korea. After the Korean War, 333 South Korean prisoners of war detained in North Korea chose to stay in the country. During subsequent decades of the Cold War, some people of South Korean origin defected to North Korea as well.

Detailed explanation-5: -About 300, 000 North Koreans have escaped and moved to various countries worldwide since the end of the conflict on the Korean peninsula in 1953 and about 30, 000 settled in South Korea. It is rare for defectors to return to North Korea – there were about 30 in the past decade.