Over 20,000 North Korean defectors have now entered South Korea

South Korea says 20,050.North Koreans have now defected to the South, with more than 10,000 defections over the past three years.

The South Korean Unification Ministry said Monday that about as many North Koreans have defected to the South since 2007 as over the entire previous period since the 1950-53 Korean War ended with an armistice.