Published: Mon, 22 May 2006 19:34:59 -0800

So far so good for the six North Korean defectors granted asylum in the US:

For their entire lives, six North Koreans had heard that Americans were hostile to people from their country.
But the six, who were granted refugee status in the United States earlier this month, said they were surprised to feel safe and relieved because they have been treated warmly.
The four women and two men attended a welcome dinner hosted by the Bethel Korean Church in Los Angeles on Saturday.
During the dinner, the six were tearful. "I never thought time was so precious," said a 32-year-old former North Korean soldier, who is now calling himself Sin Joseph. "But, now, I don't want to waste any second, any minute." He said he has two goals - to learn English and to earn a license as an auto mechanic.

You would think that if people from North Korea of all places could enter the US legally and agree to learn English that our neighbors to South could do so as well.

Tags: north korea, defectors

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