South Korea to grant asylum to three North Koreans

North Korea is believed to have dispatched about 50,000 laborers to an estimated 40 countries to earn hard currency as it has been under heavy United Nations sanctions due to its nuclear and missile tests and strained relations with South Korea.

Meanwhile in Pyongyang, North Koreans commemorated the 21st anniversary of the death of the state founder Kim Il-sung, who is still a very much revered figure among North Koreans.

The film is slated to show in Asian territories including Hong Kong, Macau, the Philippines and Myanmar.

Jong, who was born in Japan to Korean parents and holds a North Korean passport, made global headlines at the 2010 World Cup when he cried during the national anthem before North Korea’s match against Brazil. It has so far earned about $22 million.

In May, the North said it was holding a South Korean student for illegal entry.

In what could be a temporary relief, North Korea accepted South Korea’s tentative offer in late May to pay wages at the current level, but Seoul and Pyongyang have yet to resolve the issue fully.

Yun also said that the younger Kim’s “reign of terror affects significantly” North Koreans working overseas by inspiring them to defect to the South, but he also didn’t reveal how he got the details.

At the time, North Korea’s official media outlet reported that Mr Kim had been upset at the farm’s failure to breed freshwater lobsters from a number of crustaceans that had been delivered to the farm two years previously.

The manager tried to explain that electricty outages led to their deaths, but Kim Jong-un wasn’t having any of it and it’s alleged that the manager was executed. Three of them want to defect and the two others want to go home, the Unification Ministry said Tuesday.

South Korea is however still highly conservative on sexual identity and homosexuality.

The North Korean regime is thought to use public executions to keep its population in line. Translated by Yunju Kim.