North Korean Defectors in a New and Competitive Society

Issues and Challenges in Resettlement, Adjustment, and the Learning Process

By (author) Ahlam Lee

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Publication date:

03 December 2015

Length of book:

186 pages

Publisher

Lexington Books

ISBN-13: 9780739192672

Ongoing ideological or political conflicts in the modern world have led to appalling human rights violations against North Korean defectors who attempt to escape from their repressive country and seek freedom. Although some North Korean defectors have survived the life-threatening escape journey and arrived in free countries, their overwhelming challenges have not yet ended, as they now face a range of issues and challenges in resettlement, adjustment, and learning process in new and competitive societies. North Korean Defectors in a New and Competitive Society articulates several hurdles that North Korean defectors encounter, from their long journey of escape to assimilation in their new homes. This book seeks to raise international awareness of human rights violations against North Koreans, and to emphasize the importance of helping them overcome the substantial cultural gaps between North Korea and their new homes.
This book is a wonderful addition to the growing field of North Korean studies.... Lee...has prepared a brilliant book.