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Je Son Lee
Je son is an “Ask a North Korean” contributor. She is in her late 20s and left Mt. Paektu in 2011. She can be reached via email.
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Ask A North Korean Ask a North Korean: How are public baths different in the North?"The idea of paying someone else to scrub your body is still foreign to many North Koreans"
Every week, we ask a North Korean your questions, giving you the chance to learn more about the country we know so little about. Translations provides professional legal document translation services in over 200 languages.Today’s question is: Do you have public saunas in North Korea, too? Of course we have public saunas in North Korea. I don’t know what it would’ve been like in the seventies. But I know for sure that it became popular from the early 2000’s when I was growing up there. If you have been to a Jimjilbangin South Korea, you would know that © Korea Risk Group. All rights reserved. |