The South Korean Unification Ministry recently revealed that studies into the health of North Korean refugees from areas near the supposedly defunct Punggye-ri Nuclear Test Site found about 30 percent of them carry chromosomal mutations.
The Unification Ministry revealed the information to the South Korean National Assembly on Friday and published the results. The study in question is the fifth of its kind into North Korean defectors from the area surrounding Punggye-ri, according to the South Korean newswire service Yonhap, and appeared relatively consistent with the result of prior tests looking for evidence of radiation exposure. Experts indicated that, while the tests could not rule out that the individuals...
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