Interview with Grace Jo by the Young Turks Youtube channel

This is a short interview with Grace Jo, Vice-president of NKinUSA (North Korean refugees in the United States).

She mentions the large number of North Koreans in the third-party countries who are waiting for asylum to the United States and how long the wait is.

I wonder why that is....

I found this article on the Brookings Institute website. it's pretty old dating back to 2011 but gives some good information regarding obstacles to North Korean refugees entering the United States.

https://www.brookings.edu/opinions/admitting-north-korean-refugees-to-the-united-states-obstacles-and-opportunities/

Please keep in mind too though that the Brookings Institute is not an independent think tank for social issues that it claims to be when it is beholden to government agencies for millions of $ of funding...

https://www.forbes.com/sites/adamandrzejewski/2017/06/02/brookings-institution-the-progressive-jukebox-funded-by-u-s-taxpayers/#1b76607b5e53

I found this also.
No North Korean refugees admitted to the United States since January 2017

https://www.upi.com/US-hasnt-admitted-North-Korean-refugees-since-January/7871507042093/