Remittances or ruin: N. Korean authorities target defectors' families for remittance bribes - Daily NK English

Remittances or ruin: N. Korean authorities target defectors' families for remittance bribes - Daily NK English

State security officers in Hoeryong have intensified pressure on defectors’ families, forcing them to confess to receiving illegal remittances. Under relentless intimidation, many families are not only admitting to these transactions but also surrendering portions of the money as bribes to the officers. A Daily NK source in North Hamgyong province said recently that the Hoeryong branch of the Ministry of State Security is demanding defectors’ fa…