Ask a North Korean: What is the legal system like in the DPRK?

A defector writes about corrupt traffic police, the importance of bribes and the Kim regime’s disregard for rule of law

Ask a North Korean: What is the legal system like in the DPRK?Ask a North Korean: What is the legal system like in the DPRK?

North Korean traffic security officer in white uniform in Kaesong | Image: Eric Lafforgue (Sept. 2012)

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