Scappa dalla corea del nord dopo 55 anni da internato come prigioniero di guerra

[easyand]

pazzesco!

PoW 'escapes after 55 years

A SOUTH Korean prisoner of war has escaped North Korea after 55 years and is waiting in a third country to return to his homeland, an activist said today.

The 78-year-old man was in a South Korean consulate after fleeing the communist state on June 14, Choi Sung-Yong, who arranged the rescue, said.

The man was captured by North Korean troops in 1953 after suffering a gunshot wound to the knee.

"He had worked as a coal miner in North Hamgyong province. He fled alone through China, leaving his wife and children at his home," Mr Choi said.

"He is sick and being attended by South Korean officials," said the South Korean activist, who has arranged at least 10 previous escapes.

Mr Choi did not elaborate on the PoW's rescue, which involved arranging border crossings. If caught in China, refugees from North Korea face repatriation and harsh punishment - possibly even a death sentence.

By official count 485 South Koreans, mostly fishermen, were seized in the Cold War decades following the 1950-53 Korean conflict. More than 500 prisoners of war were never sent home in 1953.

North Korea denies holding any South Koreans against their will, though some have managed to escape and come South.

Pyongyang has also allowed a selected number of PoWs or abductees to meet South Korean relatives in the North.

South Korea's new President Lee Myung-Bak has pledged to take a firmer line with Pyongyang and to push the regime on its human rights record.

news.com.au

[Dj Ruck]

Assurdo!!!

[reden]

ma sti settentrionali koreani non si rendono conto di quanto il loro modello di vita e economia sia sbagliata . Ma che imparino dai meridionali , loro si che in solo 30 anni sono riusciti a diventare una vera potenza mondiale !!!!