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The horrifying reason why North Koreans won't mass defect from the frontlines against Ukraine (en.wikipedia.org)
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Numerous testimonies of North Korean defectors confirm the practice of kin punishment (연좌제, yeonjwaje literally "association system") in North Korea, under which three to eight generations of a political offender's family can be summarily imprisoned or executed.

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[–] HeyJoe 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Horrifying, but not unexpected. I'm assuming most of the people that did leave at the beginning probably didn't have family.

[–] woelkchen 4 points 2 months ago

not unexpected

Considering how many people expected mass defections, I'd say it's very unexpected for people who have not the sightliest clue about NK.