“Ask a North Korean” is an NK News series featuring interviews with North Korean defectors, most of whom left the DPRK within the last few years.

Readers may submit their questions for defectors by emailing [email protected] and including their first name and city of residence.

Today’s question is from Jimmy, who asks about how North Koreans view UFOs.

Hyun-seung Lee — who comes from an elite North Korean family and defected in 2014 — spoke with NK News about the limited coverage of astronomy in the country’s school curriculum and why most North Koreans care little about the possibility of