“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 asks: What did you think when you saw Kim Jong Un’s daughter appear with him in public?

Jin — who was born and raised in North Korea and lived there until she defected in 2014 — writes about what life must be like for this young girl and whether it