South Korea Increases Rewards for Northern Defectors

South Korea said Sunday that it would quadruple the cash reward it provides for North Korean defectors arriving with important information to 1 billion won ($860,000) in an effort to encourage more elite members from the North to flee.

"South Korea Increases Rewards for Northern Defectors" is from the March 05, 2017 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Choe Sang Hun and narrated by Caroline Miller.