Hello NK News readers, and welcome back to Ask a North Korean, where our North Korean defector writers answer the questions you submit.

Today’s question comes from Antoni in Warsaw, who asks about reports of forced abortions of children who aren’t of pure Korean blood.

Many female defectors are reportedly sold as wives to Chinese men and so may end up becoming pregnant with their children. And it’s said that some pregnant defectors who are caught in China and subsequently repatriated are forced to have an abortion on their return — purportedly because North Korean authorities do not want their