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Minseo Kim: Sangah Rhee

Sangah Rhee: Minseo Kim, 45, and her daughter, Sangah Rhee, 2, came to Canada via South Korea in early 2013 and were granted asylum by the Immigration and Refugee Board in April, according to The Star. When I passed the refugee hearing, I cried for joy, Kim, a kindergarten teacher from Pyongyang, said through an interpreter. When I received the decision of the government appeal, I cried for sadness and A recent decision by the refugee appeal tribunal to side with Ottawa and overturn a North Korean womans refugee status has sent shockwaves among asylum seekers who fled the Communist regime. However, Immigration Minister Chris Alexander successfully appealed the decision with the boards newly established refugee appeal division, arguing that Kim and Rhee should not be recognized as refugees because North Koreans are automatically South Korean citizens. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.