ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Jin

Jin is a pseudonym for a North Korean defector writer. She was born and raised in North Korea and lived there until she defected in 2014. She now resides in South Korea.

Ask a North Korean: Was there a specific experience that drove you to defect?

A defector describes how imprisonment by secret police separated her from family but strengthened her resolve to live

JinApril 13, 2022

Ask A North Korean

Ask a North Korean: When did you first begin to consider defecting?

A young woman recounts the series of events that drove her to rethink her life in the DPRK

JinApril 6, 2022

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Jin

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Ask a North Korean: Was there a specific experience that drove you to defect?

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