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More articles by 'Ji-Min Kang'
Ask a North Korean: Called in for questioning by government officials
"Once they take you away to the prison camp, you are never heard from again"
Ask a North Korean: Pop culture and young love in North Korea
"If a CD or DVD is found stuck in your player, you’re in deep trouble"
Ask a North Korean: Beers with a South Korean defector in Pyongyang
"According to him, South Korea was a living hell where people couldn’t live"
Ask a North Korean: Does religion survive in North Korea?
"The underground church in North Korea has been almost completely destroyed"
Under wraps: Do North Koreans use condoms?
They're not widely available, and people don't know how to use the ones that are there
Why N.Korean defectors leave the South
South Korea's competitive society, judgment of defectors makes living there unbearable for many
What Hanawon doesn’t teach North Korean defectors
Institution gives refugees role models, but skimps on the hardships, discrimination to come
The pro-N. Korea ‘talk concert’ should stop talking
Those who've seen selective sights in North Korea should not ignore those who suffer there
North Korea never misses chance to bash U.S.
Regime succeeds in making people fearful, despite inroads made by American pop culture
