Ask a North Korean: How common are extramarital affairs?

Ask A North Korean

Ask a North Korean: How common are extramarital affairs?

Strict rules that discourage divorce by party officials have the side effect of encouraging infidelity

Joshua Kim December 15, 2022

Ask a North Korean: How common are extramarital affairs?

A North Korean soldier and his partner sit on a bench on Sept. 7, 2008 | Image: Eric Lafforgue

“Ask a North Korean” is an NK News series featuring interviews with and columns by 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.

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Joshua Kim

Joshua is a pseudonym for a North Korean defector writer. He was born and raised in North Korea and lived there until he defected in 2019. He now resides in South Korea.

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