FX.co ★ Return of North Korean prodigal sons

First Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea Kim Jong-un offers a return ticket to the homeland. Every irresponsible compatriot who was tempted to escape from the best country in the world is offered $45,000 for coming back. The North Korean leader pledged that defectors will not face disciplinary actions. He also swore they will neither be hurt nor jailed. In addition to hearty welcome, economic migrants are offered gratuity and are promised to take center stage in national television programs. According to the North Korean Refugees Association, the country’s security officers contacted it so that to persuade people to come back from South Korea in exchange for speaking out on TV about the “horrible life in the South”. According to human rights organizations, there are over 200,000 people held inside North Korean labor camps. Under current legislation, a criminal’s punishment passes to three generations of his family. The predecessor of the current North Korean leader found it necessary to punish the families of those who escaped from North Korea. Kim Jong-il was afraid they would undermine the state with their tales of the prosperous South.