In South Korea, Anguish Over Deaths Of North Korean Defectors Who May Have Starved
A man sets up portraits of North Korean defector Han Seong-ok and her 6-year-old son, who are believed to have died from starvation, at a makeshift shrine in downtown Seoul on Aug. 28. “My hometown, where I once lived, is a mountain village with blossoming flowers.” The lyrics to this folk song, which is sung…