Thai police have today detained 175 North Koreans in a raid on a house in a suburb of Bangkok. It is the largest group of North Koreans ever suspected of illegally entering Thailand, officials say. The group, most of them women and children, will be charged with illegal entry and face possible deportation to a third country, according to police. Tens of thousands of North Koreans have tried to leave their country in recent years, fleeing hunger and repression. They often seek asylum at the embassies of third countries, but many are thought to be in hiding in South East Asia.
(Source: BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/5277046.stm)
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