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North Korean defectors to South tripled in 2023, Seoul says
(www.theguardian.com)
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But why would they want to escape from the People's Paradise of Best Korea?
I've been told more actually defect to them for the "greatest medical system in the world that has the cure to cancer"
As of May 15, 2023, a total of 5,315 US citizens have renounced their US citizenship in 2023. This is a significant increase from the 2,390 US citizens who renounced their citizenship in 2022.
Source: https://www.kron4.com/business/press-releases/ein-presswire/635422762/2023-expat-trends-survey-by-greenback-reveals-nearly-1-in-5-americans-abroad-want-to-give-up-their-us-citizenship/
The number of North Koreans who defected to South Korea tripled last year, as the easing of border closures imposed during the Covid-19 pandemic encouraged students, women and diplomats to make the perilous journey. At 196…
The US isn't typically gunning down the people renouncing citizenship. Also that 196 was 1000+ yearly pre-pandemic. Nice new account made specifically to reply in this thread btw.
Thanks for the admiration of my account, I'm sure it was as honest and real as everything else in this thread. On that note, u gotta non-western propaganda source for that whole "gunning down the people renouncing citizenship" bit, or are u as full of shit as most people here? Tho, to be fair, even if the US wanted to shoot defectors, it cant rly do that when its so preoccupied with sending military aid to actual nazis and other imperialist fucks around the world. And thats when the US isnt shooting brown people and lying about its past actions on the world stage.
Edit: I will admit tho, I did make this account for this thread and only this thread. I did the same for reddit, when a bunch of people were trying to downplay how terrible american slavery was, made quite a few people very unhappy. I'll likely fuck off back to the abyss after i lose interest here like the creepy little shit-stirring goblin I am, but hopefully I'll still be here to respond to whatever comment u leave for me. If i get signed out tho, thats me done. I didnt bother saving the password.