What do North Koreans who’ve escaped appreciate most about their new lives? What from their old lives do they miss the most?

In the final part (10) of the NK News specialist opinion survey series, the migrants debated their decision to leave the DPRK, what North Koreans value most and how North Korea may change in the future.

While all of them appreciate greater personal freedoms and greater ability to provide for their families, most have sentimental reasons for missing the North; they can’t return to their hometowns, or even to relatives they left behind when they departed.

Some of