“Ask a North Korean” is an NK News series featuring interviews 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 watching South Korean films and dramas in North Korea.

Lee Ju Won, who lived in Hyesan in North Korea before entering South Korea in 2019, writes about discovering South Korean entertainment through a friend’s USB drive, joining an informal network for sharing banned media and being caught several times.