“Ask a North Korean” is an NK News series featuring interviews with and columns by North Korean defectors, most of who 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 about what North Koreans think about other countries.

Jin — who was born and raised in North Korea and lived there until she defected in 2014 — writes about the lack of education about other countries, learning about the outside world through movies and traveling abroad after defecting.

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