According to the Dong-A-Ilbo, “female staff at the South Korean Embassy in Bangkok are alleged to have used abusive language toward North Korean defectors. Thailand is a Southeast Asian country through which defectors seek refuge before entering South Korea.”

Several defectors disclosed that while investigating defectors detained in a facility operated by Thai immigration for illegal entry into the Southeast Asian nation, the staff earned notoriety for talking down and swearing at them.

As reported by the Dong-A-Ilbo, “ one 80-something escapee who was a high-ranking official in the North said he filed a petition with the South Korean ambassador in Bangkok in May last year. He said a female embassy staff member in her mid-20s told him, ‘Hey, dude, why are you here?’ He said Tuesday, however, that his petition was ignored.”

Another 50-something defector said, “female staff at the embassy have always talked down to and sworn at North Korean defectors. In May last year, a female worker shouted abuse at me in front of more than 100 other defectors, detained in the same room for disobeying her instructions.”

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