repatriation

…of war are to be repatriated. Problems occurred at the conclusion of the Korean War when a number of North Koreans did not wish to return. A repatriation commission was established in 1953, and remaining prisoners of war were transferred to it. It has become more common to repatriate able-bodied…

…Korea conducted a campaign to repatriate Koreans living in Japan; more than 90,000 people took part in the program. North Korea’s recurrent food crises—compounded by the government’s reported practice of political persecution, including the denial of food to certain groups of people for political reasons—have caused many people to escape…