Average compensation increased for defectors reporting on North Korea in 2018: lawmaker
Social affairsOct 9, 2018
The average compensation given to North Korean defectors for reporting information valuable to the South’s national security has quadrupled from last year, a lawmaker said Tuesday.According to data that Rep. Park Byeong-seug of the Democratic Party of Korea received from the Unification Ministry, the average compensation given to a defector was 79 million won ($69,600) in September, 4.6 times more than the figure recorded in the same month last year. (Yonhap)The South Korean government provides