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Tuesday, August 11, 2009

Interesting blog of a young North Korean defector living in Japan

Found an interesting blog today. The title of the blog is A North Korean Living in Japan: Steps of Hana Lee. The blog is carried on the Asia Press website and has apparently been gaining popularity and has been the object of numerous inquiries from newspapers and television stations in Japan.

According to the blog, the author, Hana Lee (리하나), is a 25 year-old young woman who fled North Korean and arrived in Japan in 2005 (She currently resides in Osaka, Japan). She was certified by a university as possessing the academic qualifications of a high school graduate and has been attending college since this spring.

From a quick peruse of the blog…she writes frankly, discussing about her life in Japan. Her postings are replete with bewilderment, occasional frustration, and agonizing recollections of life in North Korea.

The only downside of this blog is that it is in Japanese. Time to breakout the multi-language electronic dictionary…

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