North Says Defector Back Home
Yoo Tae-jun, a North Korean defector who has been missing since last June, was confirmed Thursday to have returned to North Korea.Radio Pyongyang reported that Mr. Yoo "returned to the bosom of his homeland when the opportunity arose to escape to a third country, having realized that he could not live outside the people's republic."
Mr. Yoo defected in November 1998 with his son. In June 2000 he left for China reportedly in an attempt to get his wife out of North Korea. He was not heard from after his departure.
"I cannot believe that Tae-jun returned to North Korea voluntarily," said Ahn Jeong-suk, Mr. Yoo's mother. She added that she will try and look into the rumor that he was taken to Pyongyang and executed.
by Lee Young-jong
with the Korea JoongAng Daily
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