Per i diritti umani in Corea del Nord

(AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Kim Jin-chul, a South Korean Christian, participates in a rally denouncing alleged human rights violations against North Koreans, in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2009. Thousands of North Koreans have fled their communist homeland to escape hunger and harsh political oppression in recent years, with many taking a long journey through the lands of China to Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia and other Southeast Asian countries on their way to seek asylum with a great risk of getting repatriated if they were ever caught by Chinese authorities.