The Exploration on Traumatic Experiences of North Korean Defectors

North Korea is one of the few countries that supports world communism. After Kim Il Sung died in 1994, he was a dictator for about 50 years, the North Korean government lost the power of the people. Since then, the communist regime has collapsed and the economic crisis is intensifying. The food crisis of the 1990s also caused the people's famine. For these reasons, many North Koreans escape their hometown or try to conceal themselves in China. The number of North Korean refugees has greatly increased, those who settled in Korea estimated over 15,000 in 2008 and more than 100,000 arrived in China (Goodfriends, 2000; Kor

According to a recent survey, about 56% of North Korean refugees are affected by one or more psychological disorders. 93% of exiled North Korean refugees identified food and water shortages and lack access to healthcare so that sustained diseases are the most common mind before posttraumatic stress disorder It has become a traumatic experience. This trauma experience had a major impact on the way North Korean refugees adjust in the new place. Post traumatic stress disorder usually not only prevents asylum from fully integrating into new cultures, but also can not continue working and accumulate important resources.

It is not only traumatic events that it is difficult for North Koreans to adapt to the new way of life. Uchikuchon interviewed 32 North Korean North Korean defectors living in Korea and other adjustment difficulties unrelated to posttraumatic stress disorder are suspected of withdrawal, their way of thinking, prejudice against new society, and strange It depends on factors that are due to. In many cases, even from a nutritional point of view, North Korean refugees can not easily adapt to a new way of life. According to a survey conducted by the Korean Nutrition Society, Koreans consumed a small amount of food every day in North Korea, but even if we supply rich food and supplies, they will continue to have the same customs.

North Korean refugees who resettled faced severe difficulties in psychological and cultural coordination. This is mainly because North Koreans are for the environment and the environment where they live in their own country and they can not fully appreciate Korean new culture, rules and lifestyle. The difficulty of adjustment usually occurs in the form of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). This is basically a mental disorder that develops after a person experiences a major trauma event. As far as the Koreans are concerned, such traumatic events and experiences include atrocities of the administration, hunger, ideological pressure, publicity, political punishment etc.