North Korea defector and her son found dead: Seoul police
South Korea police
The bodies of aNorthKoreandefectorandheryoungsonhave beenfoundin their apartment,Seoulpolicesaid Tuesday,with local media reporting they appeared to have died of starvation.
The mother, only identified by the surname Han, andhersix-year-oldsonwerefoundon July 31, about two months after their deaths, authorities said.
"We did not see any signs of murder or suicide," an officer atSeoul's GwanakPolice Stationtold AFP.
"We are waiting to get the autopsy results from the National Forensic Service."
Defectors in SouthKoreaare eligible for subsidies from the authorities, but some struggle to integrate into the South's very different society.
Han, believed to be inher40s, withdrew the 3,858 won (US$3.16) she had inherbank account two months ago, according to the South's Dong-A Ilbo newspaper.
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Hermonthly rent and gas bills were more than a year overdue, it reported, and there was no food inherfridge when the bodies werefound.
The newspaper said she had defected to the South via China and Thailand in 2009, later marrying a Korean-Chinese man and moving to China. After a divorce, she returned toSeoullast year withherson but had difficulty finding work.