The unemployment rate of North Korean defectors in South Korea posted a sharp decrease over the past four years.
 
The Unification Ministry said on Tuesday that the unemployment rate marked four-point-eight percent as of end of November, down from 12-point-one percent in 2011.
 
About one-thousand-80 North Korean escapees entered South Korea this year, with the total number of North Korean defectors in South Korea at 26-thousand.