Beijing Escorts: Defectors train to aid others from North Korea
So far, only two of the private counseling graduates have found work. There are only a few counseling positions for North Korean defectors — in some large hospitals and at a call center, Kim said, and most of the staff members in these offices are highly educated South Koreans in tight-knit groups.
But Choi is confident that opportunities are out there because more defectors are arriving in South Korea every day.
Over the last few decades, an estimated 15,000 North Koreans have fled the world’s most repressive regime. Most choose to settle in South Korea, where they enjoy new freedom.
But such freedom has its risks.
Many newcomers fall prey to petty crime and scams. Some young women are lured into prostitution. Half of the defectors in South Korea are unemployed, a 2008 government report says.
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