Number of Asylum Applications Tops 70,000 in Korea

SEOUL, Nov. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — The cumulative number of asylum applications filed in South Korea topped 70,000 for the first time, government data showed Monday. According to the data from the Korea Immigration Service, there were 70,254 asylum seekers here from 1994, when the government began to compile relevant data, to August this year. [...]