• VeryFrugal@sh.itjust.works
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    16 hours ago

    Also from BBC: South Korea: Defectors from North struggle with debt

    That “reward” is 1) for intel so not every NK defectors get that amount of reward and 2) not nearly enough to help them throughout their entire journey. They pay arms and legs to get out and they (obviously) struggle to settle even after all that. My favorite quote from an interview with a NK defector:

    All NK defectors, even after they set foot in South Korea, had to escape from North Korea at some point. It haunts us.

    As a South Korean myself, it’s pretty revolting to think that this fake woke pos is calling NK defectors liars.

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      14 hours ago

      Just the fact that a refugee can be a “defector” is enough to make North Korea irredeemably evil.

      Making it illegal to leave is wrong. It is inexcusable. It is evil.

      Dessalines is a problem.