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VOA NEWS: U.N. ENVOY SAYS NORTH KOREA CRACKING DOWN ON ESCAPEES
October 31, 2008
SEOUL, South Korea, Oct. 31 -- The Voice of America issued the following story:

By Kurt Achin

A specially appointed United Nations investigator of North Korea's human rights situation says Pyongyang appears to be cracking down on people who try to leave the country. He gives South Korea good marks for its care of traumatized North Koreans who do manage to escape. VOA Seoul Correspondent Kurt Achin reports.

United Nations Special Rapporteur Vitit . . .

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