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Phase | Years | Name or characteristic | The First | 1989-1993 | the appearance of border-crossing period | The Second | 1994-2002 | the mass escape period | The Third | 2002-today | the semi-structured period |
Number of North Koreans Entering the South Unit: Persons | / Year | Past~'89 | '90~'93 | '94~'98 | '99~'01 | '02 | '03 | '04 | '05 | '06 | '07 | Total | Male | 564 | 32 | 235 | 564 | 513 | 468 | 625 | 422 | 509 | 570 | 4,502 | Female | 43 | 2 | 71 | 479 | 625 | 813 | 1,269 | 961 | 1,509 | 1,974 | 7,746 | Total | 607 | 34 | 306 | 1,043 | 1,138 | 1,281 | 1,894 | 1,383 | 2,018 | 2,544 | 12,248 | Share of Female (%) | 7 | 6 | 23 | 46 | 55 | 63 | 67 | 69 | 75 | 78 | 65 |
The Ministry of Unification, http://www.unikorea.go.kr/index.jsp
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