In a few cases, N. Koreans escape via sea. These are usually group defections. Multiple family members hop on a boat and sail to S. Korea. Some others escaped to Japan taking long voyage from N. Korean coast. Some years ago, there was an attempt by escaped N. Koreans to charter a boat in China to reach S. Korea, which did not succeed as far as I can remember.
Wow. Thanks for the info. Yeah, there’s no love lost between some of those countries and China, right? So I suppose they would send them to S Korea.
N Korea to Japan in a not so great boat is a long trip, no?