“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.”
16 Jan 2022
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