Read more defectors stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/15060/defectors.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 4:53:02 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/55940/n-korean-refugees-dazed-by-capitalist-life.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThey arrive undernourished and barely able to read. They marvel at credit cards, can’t stomach pizza, and when the lights dim in movie theaters, they panic, fearing kidnappers will strike. Welcome to the world of the North Korean defector in South Korea, where an ever-growing wave of refugees is sneaking...http://www.newser.com/story/55940/n-korean-refugees-dazed-by-capitalist-life.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 11 Apr 2009 15:33:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/21484/7-cuban-soccer-players-defect-to-us.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSeven Cuban soccer players defected from the national team over the last two days—five on Tuesday and two last night—slipping from their Tampa hotel after a game to seek asylum in the US, the Miami Herald reports. The first five have contacted a lawyer and are in discussions...http://www.newser.com/story/21484/7-cuban-soccer-players-defect-to-us.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 13 Mar 2008 12:27:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/13663/cia-recruited-iranian-officials-to-defect.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe CIA plotted to recruit Iranian officials to defect and managed to entice a handful to do so over the last two years, reports the Los Angeles Times . The secret program, begun in 2005, was intended to disrupt Iranian nuclear research. The primary criterion for recruitment, according to a former...http://www.newser.com/story/13663/cia-recruited-iranian-officials-to-defect.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 09 Dec 2007 6:00:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/12003/thousands-flee-n-korea-via-covert-network.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThousands are fleeing Kim Jong Il's regime, thanks to an expanding network of brokers who smuggle defectors to Seoul through China, the Washington Post reports. Savvy Seoul brokers charge them up to $10,000 for a luxury "planned escape," complete with fake documents, but stakes are rising as Beijing and...http://www.newser.com/story/12003/thousands-flee-n-korea-via-covert-network.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 18 Nov 2007 17:24:59 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/9597/book-details-how-a-curveball-spun-into-a-war.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAn Iraqi defector codenamed Curveball, a primary source behind the WMD intelligence that inspired the invasion, is the subject of a new book that bears his handle, but the CIA is the most guilty party in author Bob Drogin's account. Analysts “twisted” and “magnified” the low-level engineer's stories beyond recognition,...http://www.newser.com/story/9597/book-details-how-a-curveball-spun-into-a-war.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 16 Oct 2007 13:05:14 CDT