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TIL In 1985, a South Korean economist named Oh Kil-Nam defected to North Korea with his wife and two daughters. Less than one year later, he defected again, receiving asylum in Denmark. He left his family behind in North Korea, where (according to latest reports) they remain imprisoned today.

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