North Korea can be described as a country without national minorities – some 5,000 Chinese permanent residents notwithstanding. However, in the North there are some minority groups that could be described as ethnic, if we stretch the definition of the term a bit.
Once upon a time, these ethnic Koreans (or their parents or grandparents) chose to move to North Korea from overseas. Once in the DPRK, they discovered that they were to be made into a “special” and clearly defined, tightly controlled hereditary group to be at once privileged and discriminated against.
North Korea can be described as a country without national minorities – some 5,000 Chinese permanent residents notwithstanding. However, in the North there are some minority groups that could be described as ethnic, if we stretch the definition of the term a bit.
Once upon a time, these ethnic Koreans (or their parents or grandparents) chose to move to North Korea from overseas. Once in the DPRK, they discovered that they were to be made into a “special” and clearly defined, tightly controlled hereditary group to be at once privileged and discriminated against.
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