Lost lessons: N. Koreans get ‘re-education’ in the South
By AFP
13 July 2019 |
6:09 am
North Koreans who escape from their impoverished country often struggle in the South from a lack of basic knowledge. Wooridul School in Seoul is a special-purpose academy which offers defectors free education.
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