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More articles by 'Kim Yoo-sung'
Ask a North Korean: What do you think about President Trump and the U.S.?
"South Koreans are trapped in the misconception that America will save them from any danger"
Ask a North Korean: Do North Koreans love cherry blossom, too?
"North Koreans grow up brainwashed to hate cherry blossom trees"
Ask a North Korean: Do you use Korean age in North Korea too?
'If I give my Korean age during the official interview with public servants, I will be scolded'
Ask a North Korean: What did North Koreans know about Kim Jong Nam?
"Only after arriving in South Korea did I learn about the genealogy of the Kim family"
Ask a North Korean: How capitalist is North Korea today?
"North Korea has become a capitalist state in a manner that cannot easily be defined with words"
Ask a North Korean: How many North Koreans read Chinese characters?
"I had always wanted to learn Chinese. I memorized 3000 characters by myself in my spare time"
Ask a North Korean: What do N. Koreans eat that Southerners don’t?
"When you fall ill in North Korea, the first thing that comes to your mind is a dish of rabbit"
Ask a North Korean: Guns and going hunting in North Korea
Hunting is rare and heavily restricted, and the most prized animal specimens go to top brass
A North Korean in the South Korean army
When South Korean men talk military service memories it's easy for a defector to feel left out
