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8 May. 2007
Chiang Saen, Thailand
Kim Won-seong, 55, a defector from North Korea, sits in a police station after being picked up by the Thai Navy and Marine police along the Mekong River in the Thai border town Chiang Saen, located in the notorious Golden Triangle May 8, 2007. Kim, one of five females to be apprehended, journeyed through China, Myanmar, and Laos before arriving in Thailand in hope of finding asylum in South Korea. The number of North Koreans arriving into Thailand seeking asylum in the past three years has doubled. REUTERS/Adrees Latif (THAILAND)
