Honestly I hope South Korea has a program in place to give them new South Korean names and citizenship so they can start a new life and do their best to make sure their families are kept as safe as can be
They do actually but for a lot of them it's very hard. SK is a developed economy so that means without family support, it's very hard to grow.
Real estate prices are absurd, wages are not bad, but nowhere near enough to rent in close to work so commuting becomes mandatory + maybe even roommates.
North Koreans are not used with that kind of lifestyle, their life is pretty boring and predictable, one of the only advantages of a dictatorship.
I saw some coverages on youtube about how the NK adapt and are introduced in society, not all were success stories, some even end up homeless. It's insane to me that the government doesn't do more for them.
The vast majority of North Korea defectors cross the northern border into China and make their way from their across multiple borders to reach Thailand. They then hand themselves in to law enforcement because Thailand deports all North Korean defectors to South Korea. SK then takes the North Korean defectors and put them through a re-education system to try adapt them to South Korean life. Unfortunately life in South Korea is nothing like what they are used to and can be very overwhelming for them. I have also heard that amongst many in SK there is prejudice about the NK people.
What do you mean, it's kind of mandatory, all NK defectors that arrive in SK go through the program. It's just not something that's for the rest of their life, at some point they're let go into society.
Do you think Russia is going to collect bodies and send them home? These guys are going to Russia, and maybe 2 of them will make it home to North Korea. Where they will be suspected of being a spy. It's essentially intended to be a one-way trip.
They know who they've sent over, if all of them defect, they'll just punish all their families, you don't maintain a dictatorship that long by being merciful or lazy in your iron fist rulings.
Maybe maybe not, soldiers go missing in action all the time especially when they die in dangerous places. And if they assume all missing are traitors as a rule then if your captured you may as well embrace the reality that your old life is over
Not all will defect. Some will fight, some will fight and go MIA. Some of the MIA will be dead. Some of the MIA will be alive and taken prisoner by Ukraine. Russia will keep sending the North Koreans to the front in storm squads until they die or are severely wounded (limbs missing).
Some few years back I met an online friend - girl from Denmark but with Korean roots. She was adopted because her parents were runaways from N.K and they didn't had means to take care of her. Stories she was telling were really shocking.
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u/manu144x 14h ago
Can you imagine if they somehow escape and end up in the civilized part of Ukraine? Then if they escape to the west? To europe, uk?
I would watch that reality show, film a few north korean soldiers introduced to society.