What I Learned Teaching North Korean Refugees

In 2011, I found myself teaching North Korean defectors in Seoul. It was an eye-opening experience which gave me a glimpse into another world so close, yet so far away.

Nicholas H. Simpson
Anything Asia
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9 min readSep 27, 2021

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This is the fourth installment of a series of short reflections I wrote several years back on my experiences of Korean life as a young British guy trying to find his way in a strange new culture…

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Nicholas H. Simpson
Anything Asia

PhD candidate, language geek living and working in South Korea. All about UK culture, Korean life, cross-cultural differences and English language.