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Male defectors struggle in S.Korean job market Male defectors struggle more with unemployment than female defectors, a South Korean lawmaker revealed Friday. The unemployment rate among male defectors is getting worse, while female defectors’ rate is improving, though still worse than males’, statistics show. In 2011 male defectors’ employment rate was 61.9 percent, but by 2014 it had decreased to 61.2 percent. Female defectors’ employment rate went in the opposite direction, from 45.5 percent in 2011 to 48.5 percent in 2014. Visit NK News for more Pyongyang traffic indicates China oil supplies to N. Korea still flowing – MOU Increased traffic on the streets of Pyongyang could be an indicator that China has not ceased crude oil delivery shipments to North Korea, a Ministry of Unification (MOU) official said yesterday. Beijing made headlines at the start of 2014, when crude oil shipments apparently disappeared from their trade data. Experts have puzzled over the absence of crude oil deliveries, though many agree it is unlikely the DPRK could continue to meet its fuel demand without the Chinese shipments. Visit NK News for more How N. Korean defectors define 'freedom', By Peter Moody Teach North Korean Refugees (TNKR), is a volunteer organization providing individualized English tutoring to a wide range of North Korean defectors, many of whom want to enhance their opportunities in South Korea and some of whom want merely to communicate their experiences as a defector to a larger audience. It recently organized apublic speaking contest on the subject of "What freedom means to me". Peter Moody went to find out. Visit NK News for more

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Christian leaders of two Koreas to meet in Pyongyang (The Korea Herald)
Christian leaders of South and North Korea will meet in Pyongyang next month to discuss how to bring peace to the Korean Peninsula and promote exchanges of churches.

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DPRK slams U.S. for trying to jeopardize improvement of relations (Xinhua)
The DPRK said Thursday that the United States "is working hard to disturb the atmosphere of improving inter-Korean relations," calling on Seoul to help repair North-South ties.

N. Korean nuclear envoys absent from China-hosted forum (Yonhap News)
North Korea's nuclear envoys appeared to be absent from a two-day forum hosted by a Chinese state-run think tank to discuss ways to restart long-stalled nuclear talks.

N.Korean Diplomats Cause Ruckus at Human Rights Seminar (The Chosun Ilbo)
North Korean diplomats stormed into a seminar on North Korean human rights in Jakarta on Wednesday held by South Korean and Indonesian activists.