“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.

Today’s question is about parenting in North Korea, whether so-called tiger moms exist and how parents support their children.

Jin — who was born and raised in North Korea and lived there until she defected in 2014 — writes about the burdens of child care, the gross inequality experienced by women and