They get South Korean assistance (think welfare, housing, citizenship classes) in the beginning. But no joke, and look it up for yourself – they still have a hard time integrating. The languages are different between the two countries. The culture is vastly different. Most are limited to unskilled labor, which pays very little. Many find it impossible to adjust. Some actually try to go back. Not because North Korea is better, but because they have no friends or family in the South.
languages are different between the two countries
they aren’t, there’s very little difference in the language. minor differences in intonation and vocabs, but that’s same for every different dialects (even only considering south korea).
I lived in Asia for over a decade. The Korean spoken in the North is very different than the South. And as the South is a developed nation, there are contexts that simply do not exist in the North. And considering they’ve been divided for so long without much in the way of any kind of interaction, the languages have had over 80 years to evolve.
Do you speak the same English that was spoken 80 years ago? Now double that effect to simulate the difference between two languages evolving away from each other.
do you speak korean? i’m a native (south) korean speaker. i have no problem understanding north korean
propagandatv/newspaper. have also interacted with north korean defectors few times. surely there’s differences but they’re not “very different”안녕하세요! I taught English in China, one of my students was Korean (I worked at an international school), his mom and I talk regularly. Perhaps it’s not as different as I have come to understand, but from what she’s told me the transition is difficult for them and they have a hard time fitting in. Which I can relate to, having moved to China for 10 years (I was in Incheon for a little while later) and then back to the USA. Coming back here (US) from China was actually hard for me after 10 years so I can imagine (a little) about what they go through. But she had told me it is difficult for them to be “successful” in the South, even if the housing is much better and there’s far more in the way of food, necessities, and entertainment.
South Korea is a scary place. Hypercapitalist places terrify me, its a hard life
Quick test: Say something unkind about Kim Jong Un.
I’m English. Our king has fat sausage fingers. Your turn.
K obviously the North is far worse. Im not naiive about that
you ever been to korea? i’m (south) korean and live here, there are certainly many negative aspects of this country like any other but i wouldn’t say it’s a “terrifying/scary hypercapitalist place”.
What, like the US?
100%
I’ve been there, and wouldn’t want to live there. They work hard, insane hours and have one of the highest suicide rates on the planet.
But it still beats starving to death in North Korea and watching your kids die from malnutrition, zero internet access, etc.
TIL kids can die from lack of internet access
The more you know, tend to the wifi router!
They die from lack of food and nutrition, smart guy…
What the fuck is this pro North Korean circle jerk
Whatever the fuck are you even trying to say?
They’re not allowed to leave South Korea or do many types of jobs for a certain number of years. They get a little help from the government, but most rely on giving interviews to the media or public speaking to make ends meet. This suits the South Korean government, since saying positive things about North Korea is illegal, so these people can be starved into saying whatever they want.
