Ask a North Korean: how do defectors keep contact with relatives in the North?

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Ask a North Korean: how do defectors keep contact with relatives in the North?

"North Korea is sealed off from the rest of the world, but defectors are able to make contact"

Tae-il Shim July 15, 2020

Ask a North Korean: how do defectors keep contact with relatives in the North?

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