This week’s Ask a North Korean deviates somewhat from our usual formula. Instead of publishing answers to readers’ questions, we’re publishing the third part of a series of excerpts from an upcoming e-book, “Goodbye, Pyongyang”, by one of our longtime contributors, Ji-Min Kang, which will be released later this year. 

In this excerpt, Ji-Min, who now lives in London, recounts being called in for questioning by state officials. 

I woke up to someone knocking loudly on my door.

“Comrade Ji-Min! Open the door!”

When I opened the door, an agent was standing there.

“This is urgent. You need to come