ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Soo-ah

Soo-ah is from Taehongdan in North Korea and defected from the DPRK with her 13-year-old daughter in October 2015. Prior to her defection, she served in the Air Defense Unit and worked as a state propagandist after being discharged from the army.

Ask a North Korean: Why a party propagandist decided to escape the DPRK

Soo-ah went from warning citizens about the false promise of defecting to crossing the Yalu River to flee to the South

Soo-ahJuly 11, 2024

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

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