1.  Define the following words as used in the article:
--refugees (paragraph 1
--repatriated, absconding (4)
--traffickers (5)
--asylum (6)
--ascendancy (8)

2.  On what grounds do people seek asylum in the U.S.?  Why do North Koreans seek asylum? (If you don't know, skim the additional articles linked to at the bottom of these questions.)

3.  How long ago did the U.S. last allow North Koreans to come here as refugees?

4.  Who is Chun Ki Won?  How does he help North Koreans?

5.  What is Helping Hands Korea?

6.  What does the Chinese government do with captured North Koreans?

7.  What is significant about the group of six North Korean refugees allowed into the U.S.?  What are two reasons given for the change in policy?

OPTIONAL:
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• For your Senators, go to Senate.gov, choose your state in the upper right hand corner of the home page, then click on the "web form" link to write your message.  
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