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Defector Memoris and Testimonies - North Korean Defectors Looking into North Korea from Outside |
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There has been a news report by “Good Friends,” regarding the recent theft in trains in North Korea. “Good Friends” indicated that, “There has been increasing amount of baggage losses in trains. Citizens cannot trust anybody within the trains.” Baggage theft i..
[2007-09-12 11:36] |
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Army Veterans in North Korea can have bright futures once accepted into college. In North Korea, serving in the Armed Forces, party membership, and college diplomas are three main keys for success. However, a Veteran matriculate is not necessarily awarded with..
[2007-09-10 13:00] |
| My new life in South Korea started seven years ago as I laid my first step at Kimpo Airport in Seoul. As all other former defectors did, I had hard time assimilating myself to South Korean society, a totally different one from that of North Korea. Particularl..
[2007-09-05 18:07] |
| Every August, college admission among discharged veterans starts, separate from regular admission season. In North Korea, army service, party membership and college diploma used to be regarded the three main condition of success. Even though the society has chan..
[2007-09-02 00:07] |
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The news of one Chinese trader resolving all issues with the "certification of gifts," while passing through a high-level North Korean customs' confiscation of goods and demand of open bribes, has received recent spotlight. In the latter half of the 90s, a busi..
[2007-09-01 18:10] |
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There is one place that traders curse every time they pass through North Korea and China. That is towards the corruptive and fastidious North Korean customs officers. It is widely known that North Korean customs officers blatantly seek bribes and extort goods j..
[2007-08-31 18:19] |
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40 days after the death of Lee In Mo, a man known for his “faith and conviction” having returned to North Korea on his free will, his daughter Lee Hyun Ok wrote a letter of gratitude to Kim Jong Il that was published in the Rodong Shinmun (North Korean state newsp..
[2007-08-25 12:09] |
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A recent article posted by the Youths’ Vanguard attracted my attention. (The Youths’ Vanguard, by the way, is one of the three main newspapers in North Korea, the other two being the Rodong(Labour) Shinmun, published by the Korean Workers’ Party and the Korean Pe..
[2007-08-23 16:59] |
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Frequently in the last couple years, it’s been said within North Korea and among defectors that “North Korea has changed a lot.”North Korean citizens say, “North Korea is not in the same situation as it was in 10 years ago. The biggest difference is that nowaday..
[2007-08-06 10:57] |
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