Howdy! Welcome back to Ask a North Korean, the feature where NK News readers like yourself can email in and ask our North Korean writers your questions.

Today’s question was given to us by Tara from Maryland, who asks: “Do the people of Pyongyang really know what it’s like outside of the city? Or are they so isolated that they don’t understand?”

Information in North Korea is heavily restricted, and so it can be difficult for people to educate themselves on what’s really going on in the outside world.

However, since Pyongyangites are likely to be more educated and ‘worldly’