Life is harsh for everyone in North Korea. But for disabled people, it s even worse. People with serious disabilities are almost invisible. Even in Pyongyang, support systems for the disabled are virtually nonexistent. There are no wheelchairs or automatic doors. With few available means of movement, they are usually stuck at home.
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I usually ignore comments on YouTube videos and on Social Media. Keyboard warriors, disgruntled and troubled people can lash out, usually anonymously, at others with angry comments or loaded out-of-context questions. It is difficult, however, to ignore or dismiss supportive people making or asking similar things.
My mom gave me two lives. First, when she gave birth to me in 1993. Second, when she rescued me from North Korea in 2011. If there s a hero in my story, it s her. North Korea might be the worst place on earth to raise a child, but North Korean mothers are brave and they will do anything they can to save their children.
Was North Korean leader Kim Jong-un so inspired by his meetings with President Trump in 2018 and 2019 that he adopted one of the former president's flagship policies?