NKDB report reveals systematic violence, forced abortions against repatriated North Korean defectors

By  Jang Yoo
March 2, 2026

A report has emerged detailing testimonies from North Korean defectors who claim that Chinese authorities arrest them, detain them in North Korea-China border detention centers, and subject them to indiscriminate violence. According to the Database Center for North Korean Human Rights (NKDB), these defectors, upon repatriation to North Korea, are detained in border security facilities and face further abuse, including forced abortions, infanticide, and beatings. The NKDB, a North Korean human rights organization, compiled the report, titled *‘The Forced Repatriation System of North Korean Defectors in China by North Korea-China Agencies’*, based on interviews with over 100 individuals arrested by Chinese authorities between 2000 and 2025, repatriated to North Korea, and later defected again, or former North Korean security officials.

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