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/start my translation German Human Right Activist Vollertsen: "Ready For A Massive Defection of High Ranking N. Korean Figures" Norbert Vollertsen(age 45: a doctor), a German human right activist, who has been actively helping N. Korean escapees confirmed on 6th (of May, 2003) that 20 high ranking N. Korean figures, including a N. Korean nuclear physicist Dr. Kyoung Won-Ha, did defect and that some of them are now staying in Washington D.C., U.S.A.. However, he refused to confirm whether Dr. Kyoung Won-Ha, known as the father of N. Korean nuclear development, himself is staying in Washington D.C.. Mr. Vollertsen is...

N. Korea threatens to seize S. Korean assets at Mount Kumgang SEOUL, March 18 (Yonhap) -- North Korea has informed South Korea of its plan to look into all of the real estate owned by South Koreans inside the scenic mountain resort along its east coast, as it apparently grows impatient with Seoul's refusal to allow its citizens to travel there, according to industry sources here Thursday. In a recently faxed message to the South Korean government, the North's Asia-Pacific Peace Committee, a state agency in charge of cross-border exchanges, said, "South Korean figures who possess real estate in the...

Hyundai Asan considers cutting jobs, wages in North Korean mountain resort MOUNT GEUMGANG, North Korea, Nov. 19 (Yonhap) -- Hyundai Asan Corp., a South Korean company spearheading inter-Korean economic projects, said Sunday it is considering slashing jobs and wages at a scenic North Korean mountain resort that has been opened to South Koreans. The restructuring plan underscores how Hyundai Asan is struggling with a falling number of tourists to Mount Geumgang on North Korea's east coast amid growing security concerns over the communist neighbor's nuclear test in early October.