I am a North Korean defector

This episode of Frontline[0] from January aired for the first time (I think, DVR marked it as new) on KQED in the Bay Area this week. It profiles several defectors, as well as the editor of Asia Press[1] and is certainly worth an hour of your time.

[0] http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/secret-state-of-nort...

[1] http://www.asiapress.org/rimjingang/english/

Does anyone know what they do/teach in the South Korean 'education centers' for Northern defectors? It must be an interesting challenge to bridge the gap to completely brainwashed people.

There is a lot more information from North Korean defectors here http://www.nknews.org/category/nk-voices/ask-a-north-korean/

If anyone is interested, this is an excellent book about the lives of people inside North Korea, told through the eyes of several defectors: http://www.amazon.com/Nothing-Envy-Ordinary-Lives-North/dp/0...

I hope she didn't use her real name; it will likely go hard with her family still in NK if she did.

Relevant: http://blogs.wsj.com/korearealtime/2014/04/01/north-korean-r...

Why do they call them "defectors"? They seem more like escapees.