Even those lucky North Korean defectors who manage to survive famine, violence, and criminal gangs to escape North Korea suffer from extremely poor mental and physical health long after resettling in affluent South Korea, a new survey has shown.
The survey by a research team from Seoul National University comprised more than 200 participants. It found that many defectors suffer severe mental health problems, largely as a result of overwhelming anxiety about loved ones they left behind.
And their physical health, measured across a range of indicators, was generally worse than that of a typical South Korean hepatitis patient.
[Radio Free Asia]
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