A big annyeonghaseyo and hwanyeonghamnida, NK News readers! Welcome back to Ask a North Korean, where anyone can email their questions about life in North Korea to us and have them answered by our very own defector writers.

This week’s topic is about how disabled people are treated in the DPRK.

Despite officially being entitled to government assistance, it’s likely that life is harsh for disabled North Koreans in the same way as it is for the many able-bodied people in the country who are also living day to day.

Tae-il Shim, who left the DPRK in 2018, explains