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 SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Eighty North Korean refugees are hiding in various Asian countries and preparing to seek asylum in the United States, a South Korean activist said Friday.
Chun Ki-won, director of the Seoul-based Durihana Mission group that arranged the defections earlier this week of 12 North Koreans to the U.S. — the largest such group in recent times — said similar preparations were under way in five southeast Asian countries to arrange refugees' travel to the U.S.
"Eighty North Koreans will be able to go to the United States" in coming months, Chun told reporters in Seoul. He said it was not known exactly when they would be allowed to travel there.
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