Refugees Go on Hunger Strike in Thailand

Stand together or starve seperately

400 defectors confined at the Immigration Detention Centre in Thailand have begun a hunger strike, the “International Campaign to Block the Repatriation of North Korean Refugees” revealed on the 25th.

The organization informed, “100 male and 300 female refugees began a hunger strike on the evening of 24th (local time) in protest against the government’s refusal to aid their entry (to South Korea).”

Like I’ve asked before, will the South Korean government care about the well-being of 400 of its constitutionally protected citizens? That is to be determined.

I believe I have argued before that starvation has empowered North Koreans like nothing else. I am to see glad to see these refugees put this to the test. I wish them success and, hopefully, good health.