Do any North Koreans study abroad?

North Korea has sent students abroad since the years of Kim Il-sung. The nation has encouraged young students to study and learn advanced culture in other countries so that they could contribute to maintaining and developing the communist regime. In doing so, North Korea has been able to train talented individuals.

What happens if someone escaped North Korea?

If the defectors are caught in China, they are repatriated back to North Korea, where rights groups say they often face harsh interrogations and years of punishment, or even death, in political prison camps (such as the Pukch’ang camp), or in reeducation camps (such as the Chungsan camp or Chongori camp).

Are there concentration camps in North Korea?

The internment camps are located in central and northeastern North Korea. They comprise many prison labour colonies in secluded mountain valleys, completely isolated from the outside world. The total number of prisoners is estimated to be 150,000 to 200,000.

Are North Koreans aware of the outside world?

Awareness of the outside world is growing in North Korea but a very minuscule rate. Most North Korean’s who are aware of the truth about the outside world are not able to spread it because of the system of internal passports that restricts their movement withing North Korea.

What is it like to live in North Korea?

North Korea has a 99\% literacy rate. In North Korea, on birthdays and national holidays, families and neighbors gather and share with each other. benefits that common people get include free health care and education. Schools are free.

What are the main news outlets in North Korea?

There are quite a few news outlets in North Korea: Korea Central News Agency, the Rodong Sinmun, Korean Central Television, the Korean People’s Army Literature (a military magazine), and the Korean People’s Army (a military newspaper).

Can you email in with questions about North Korea?

And, of course, welcome back to Ask a North Korean: the feature where you, yes you, can email in with your questions about life in the DPRK and have them answered by our very own North Korean writers!