“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 Evan Sutton, who asks what North Koreans think about those in the West who support the Pyongyang regime.

Hyun-seung Lee — who comes from an elite North Korean family and defected in 2014 — spoke with NK Newsabout state propaganda on overseas sympathizers, how DPRK spy agencies leverage such support