North Koreans Are In 'The Dark' In Understanding How Really Poor They Are

Servicepersons of the Ministry of People's Security met on August 10, 2017 to express full support for the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) government statement. Reuters/KCNA

Business Insider: North Koreans understand their government lies, but there's one thing they don't know, according to a defector

North Korean defector Kim Young-il is the 39-year-old founder of People for Successful Corean Reunification (PSCORE). He escaped North Korea at 19 years old.
Kim said that it is obvious to North Koreans that the government of Kim Jong Un is lying to the people about the country's situation and its reality.
The one thing it is impossible for North Koreans to understand, however, is how big the difference in prosperity is between their country and developed nations like the US and South Korea.

North Koreans understand that their government regularly lies to them and feeds them propaganda that contradicts their current situation, but few understand the true discrepancy between their country and the outside world, according to North Korean defector Kim Young-il.

Kim, the 39-year-old founder of People for Successful Corean Reunification (PSCORE), escaped North Korea when he was 19 years old. PSCORE is a nonprofit that promotes reunification, raises awareness about human rights issues in North Korea, and helps defectors adjust to life in South Korea.

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WNU Editor: Sadly .... there is a lot of truth to this. When I came back home from all of my travels abroad none of my friends (and many in my family) did not believe me when I described the consumer goods that were available in the West. What I was always struck by was how supermarkets packaged their good .... plastic wrapping was an unknown idea in the Soviet Union when I was growing up. And while everyone in the Soviet Union saw the brand new American cars and consumer goods in photographs/news reports/and films .... it is not the same when you experience it first hand and in your face. It was when Western consumer goods started to come into the Soviet Union that it started to hit home on how poor everyone was, and whatever legitimacy the Soviet Union and the Communist government had at that time started to disappear. My prediction .... this is what is going to happen in North Korea, and it will be impossible to stop when it starts.