March 29, 2024

Ask A North Korean

Your chance to ask questions to North Koreans about life growing up in the DPRK

Vets for no pets? What N.Koreans do with sick animals

Vets for no pets? What N.Koreans do with sick animals

Shortage of doctors – of all sorts – means different approach must be taken to treating animals

Vets for no pets? What N.Koreans do with sick animals
Je Son Lee
Je Son Lee June 8, 2016
What a North Korean thinks of South Korean elections

What a North Korean thinks of South Korean elections

The fact that someone can promise something they won't, or can't, deliver is the most shocking part

What a North Korean thinks of South Korean elections
Je Son Lee
Je Son Lee May 10, 2016
From North Korea’s capital to America’s

From North Korea’s capital to America’s

Meet Jinhyok, who will soon have graduated from schools named for both nations’ founders

From North Korea’s capital to America’s
Jinhyok Park
Jinhyok Park May 4, 2016
Under wraps: Do North Koreans use condoms?

Under wraps: Do North Koreans use condoms?

They're not widely available, and people don't know how to use the ones that are there

Under wraps: Do North Koreans use condoms?
Ji-Min Kang
Ji-Min Kang April 27, 2016
North Korea’s ‘reusable’ sanitary pads

North Korea’s ‘reusable’ sanitary pads

Re-using sanitary napkins at that time every month the hardest part of a woman's life in the North

North Korea’s ‘reusable’ sanitary pads
Je Son Lee
Je Son Lee April 19, 2016
How South Koreans treat North Koreans

How South Koreans treat North Koreans

Just finding out that you're from the North may lead Southerners to treat you with less respect

How South Koreans treat North Koreans
Kim Yoo-sung
Kim Yoo-sung April 13, 2016
In Juche North Korea, elections hold you

In Juche North Korea, elections hold you

Election day may be a festive occasion, but it's hardly the people choosing their own leaders

In Juche North Korea, elections hold you
Je Son Lee
Je Son Lee April 6, 2016
A N.Korean in the Philippines: From getting help to giving

A N.Korean in the Philippines: From getting help to giving

Only when I took care of people less fortunate than me did I know I was lucky to be Korean

A N.Korean in the Philippines: From getting help to giving
Kim Yoo-sung
Kim Yoo-sung March 30, 2016
What does N.Korea do for its seniors?

What does N.Korea do for its seniors?

To make a long story short, it doesn't do much; they have to work

What does N.Korea do for its seniors?
Kim Yoo-sung
Kim Yoo-sung March 23, 2016
Why N.Korean defectors leave the South

Why N.Korean defectors leave the South

South Korea's competitive society, judgment of defectors makes living there unbearable for many

Why N.Korean defectors leave the South
Ji-Min Kang
Ji-Min Kang March 18, 2016
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