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Tae-il Shim
Tae-il Shim is a pseudonym for a North Korean defector writer. He left the DPRK in 2018, and now resides in South Korea.
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Ask A North Korean Ask a North Korean: How are disabled people treated in North Korea?"You are looked down on and subject to harsh treatment if you were born with a physical disability" A big annyeonghaseyo and hwanyeonghamnida, NK News readers! Welcome back to Ask a North Korean, where anyone can email their questions about life in North Korea to us and have them answered by our very own defector writers. This week's topic is about how disabled people are treated in the DPRK. © Korea Risk Group. All rights reserved. |