Ask A North Korean
Your chance to ask questions to North Koreans about life growing up in the DPRK
Ask a North Korean: how does sex education differ between North and South Korea?
"It breaks my heart when I think of how women in North Korea... don't receive even the most basic sex education"
Ask a North Korean: how are orphans treated in North Korea?
"In North Korea, orphans live pitiful lives on the brink of death"
Ask a North Korean: What do North Koreans think about black people?
"In general, North Koreans sympathize with black Americans just like they do with those in Africa"
Ask a North Korean: how do people keep warm during harsh North Korean winters?
"From October to April, Hyesanites struggle for survival"
Ask a North Korean: how much do North Koreans know about the outside world?
"Ordinary North Koreans have very skimpy knowledge about the outside world"
Ask a North Korean: How are disabled people treated in North Korea?
"You are looked down on and subject to harsh treatment if you were born with a physical disability"
Ask a North Korean: can money buy freedom in the DPRK?
"Money and bribes are far more important than in South Korea"
Ask a North Korean: what is the healthcare system in the DPRK really like?
"How much money a patient has determines whether they live or die"
Ask a North Korean: were North Koreans genuinely grieving when Kim Il Sung died?
"It felt like the world was coming to an end"
Ask a North Korean: what was life like on the construction sites at Samjiyon?
"It keeps me up at night when I think about those hungry children struggling in the cold"
