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

Got a question? Email it to [email protected] with your name and city. We’ll be publishing the best ones.

This week a new writer introduces themselves: Yeji Lee, who has chosen to write under a pseudonym to protect family still in the country.

Hello, my name is Yeji Lee. My hometown is Samjiyon County, in Ryanggang Province, the same place where North Korean propaganda tells us Kim Jong Il was born. Relics of that revolutionary era lie all over the lakes of Samjiyon.

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