Tuesday, June 27, 2006

Crash course

A New York Times article on North Korean defectors in the South ...

"North Korean Defectors Take a Crash Course in Coping"


Soon after landing in South Korea, all North Korean defectors come here to the South Korean government's main resettlement center, called Hanawon, or to an annex, for a three-month crash course on life south of the demilitarized zone.

"When they arrive here," said the center's director general, Lee Choong Won, "they realize they've been living like frogs in a well."

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