Settling in Seoul: How an alternative school in South Korea helped find my dream

NK News – North Korea News · Jul 28, 2026

“Ask a North Korean” is an NK News series featuring interviews with and columns by North Korean defectors, most of whom left the DPRK within the last few years. Readers may submit their questions for defectors by emailing ask@nknews.org and including their first name and city of residence. Idam, a pseudonym for a defector who […]