North Korean defectors: What happens when they get to the South?
BBC
17th February, 2021 12:30:07
For Kim Ji-young, arriving in South Korea at the age of 31 after an arduous escape from the North was like a dream .
But her joy at arriving in the prosperous South in March 2013 alongside her mother and three cousins soon gave way to a difficult adjustment period.
Every day brought new challenges and the family knew no-one. There were many cultural differences. we had to start all over again, she says.
Ms Kim is one of thousands of defectors who have managed to escape life in the isolated dictatorship. But for those who ve fled, their resettlement in the South is only the beginning.