16 Jan 2022

“If you worked in industry or for the government in North Korea, you can't come to South Korea and expect to do an equivalent job. You have to take a hit to your relative status, and that can have an effect on mental health, particularly for North Korean men. What is lacking [in South Korea] is the sense of community that the North - for all its disadvantages - had given them, particularly among people from rural areas who struggle to cope with the anonymity of life in a megalopolis like Seoul.”

www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jan/16/...
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Sokeel Park

   Director

South Korea country director of Liberty in North Korea

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Life of North Korea defectors in South Korea

North Koreans defecting to South Korea