SEOUL — South Korea said on Friday (Oct 13) it had protested to China over the suspected forced repatriation of a large number of North Koreans, who rights groups say face imprisonment and abuse at the hands of North Korean authorities.
Any forced repatriation of North Koreans goes against international norms and South Korea viewed it as regrettable, Koo Byoung-sam, a spokesman for South Korea's Unification Ministry, told a media briefing.
"The South Korean government regrets the situation and raised this matter with the Chinese side in a serious manner, emphasising our position," he said. The Chinese ministry spokesman, Wang Wenbin, referring to North Koreans who entered illegally for economic reasons, said China had always handled the issue "properly" according to principles of domestic and international law and humanitarianism.
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