Every week we ask a North Korean your questions, giving you the chance to learn more about the country we know so little about.

This week’s question is:

How do South Koreans react when you tell them you’re from North Korea?

When my family escaped from North Korea, our final destination was America, not South Korea. The reason why we initially chose to immigrate to America was because we received help from an American civic group called LiNK (Liberty in North Korea). At the time my family left North Korea, it cost about $3,000 to take one person out of