Gwangju Police Agency Provides Support Funds to North Korean Defector Families for Year-End Greetings

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Jin-hyung] The Gwangju Police Agency Security Advisory Council selected North Korean defector families in crisis who are experiencing social and economic difficulties on the 23rd, at the end of the year, and provided consolation funds.

Chairman Kim Young-geun and 20 members, with the cooperation of the Gwangju Police Agency, selected a total of 30 North Korean defector families in crisis and supported them with 500,000 KRW per household, totaling 15 million KRW.

The Gwangju Police Agency Security Advisory Council also selected a total of 20 North Korean defector families who were struggling with COVID-19 and mental and economic difficulties last Lunar New Year, providing 500,000 KRW per household, totaling 10 million KRW.

Mr. A (45), a North Korean defector who received this support, expressed gratitude, saying, “I am settling and living with difficulty socially and economically, but this much interest and support will be a great help in settling in the local community.”

Kim Jun-cheol, Chief of the Gwangju Police Agency, stated, “During this difficult time due to COVID-19, at the end of the year, I express my gratitude to the Security Advisory Council for providing timely support to North Korean defectors living in hardship in our local community. Going forward, the Gwangju Police will continue to carry out warm and empathetic policing activities with care and sincerity so that socially vulnerable and disadvantaged neighbors are not left out.”

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