“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 [email protected] and including their first name and city of residence.
Today’s question is about what life is like working as a nurse in North Korea.
Lena, who was born and raised in North Korea before her defection in 2019, writes about her experience working as a nurse in a North Korean hospital, the failings of the country’s health care system and why