Draft:North Korean defection methods

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• Comment: Unsurprisingly, this has considerable overlap with the article North Korean defectors, and the latter is at least moderately good on the matter of defection methods. There could be an argument for using a separate article (the successor to this draft) for defection methods; but you should make this argument on Talk:North Korean defectors (advertising the discussion on Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Korea in order to draw more participants) and get agreement for it there. Meanwhile, you are (and anyone is) of course welcome to improve this draft. -- Hoary (talk) 21:47, 17 April 2025 (UTC)
• Comment: Fixed most of the citations, supplied a new one and the article looks to be in better shape. As for the overlap, I think a dedicated article to explain all of the defection methods would be better. DotesConks (talk) 04:10, 18 April 2025 (UTC)

North Korean defectors employ several tactics in order to defect from North Korea. They also have to choose where they will defect to; most escapees will often go to China and then to Southeast Asia where they are subsequently deported to "Korea", which in the ASEAN countries is South Korea. Escapees that are caught face harsh punishments and are often tortured before then being executed.^[1]