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True Or False: Families with a lot of money are not affected by North Korean government.
False: Families with more wealth than allowed can be executed
What is the Korea Hana Foundation?
A program to raise money for North Korean kids education
When did the whole conflict end?
Trick question: it hasn't
Where are most of these Refugees going for safety?
South Korea
Why don't North Koreans revolt/protest?
They are afraid and will be punished or executed
Do more women or men flee from North Korea?
Women. They have even less rights than men and even more of a desire to flee the country.
What was Han Song-i's dream growing up that made her want to leave North Korea?
To be a K-pop star
In Eunju's story, what year was she finally smuggled to safety in South Korea?
2008
True Or False: America has set up orphanages, education, and religion schools for North Korean refugees.
True
Why do people leave North Korea?
Poverty, Oppression, Famine, etc.
Name one specific person in the refugee accounts.
Anonymous, Eunju, Han Song-i
What do the people call Kim Jong Un?
What year did North Korea's big famine hit?
1994
What is the risk for refugees trying to escape to China?
All refugees that go to China are sent back to North Korea and imprisoned or killed.
Why can't North Korea provide for its people?
The Great Famine/Bad soil, Restricted agriculture, money being funded for weapons and not food etc.
Who are the "Pyongyang"?
The "secret police" who report directly back to the supreme leader
What opposition have the Refugees been met with in their new homes?
Poor Jobs, Health Care, and Discrimination
When did South Korea declared its independence?
August 15th, 1948
What name are North Korean Defectors called in South Korea?
"Northern Refugees"
Why is South Korea NOT a communist country?
Cause of America winning the Korean war and keeping South Korea free
In the Anonymous defectors story, how old was she when she met the South Korean man?
19
How many rights do North Koreans have? (what number out of 100 total rights)
3/100
What year was the start of the civil war between North and South?
June 20th 1950
Where is the setting from our book, Escape From Aleppo? (What country is Aleppo in)
Syria
Why did North Korea end up a communist country?
Cause of the Soviet Union control at the end of WWII