https://www.scmp.com/rss/328981/feed Ann Babe is an independent journalist covering the Koreas and gender equality. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Years ago in Yonsa, a small North Korean town close to the border with China, residents gathered to watch a man die. Executioners tied him by his neck, chest and waist to a log in the town square, then shot 90 bullets into him. When it was over, all that remained were two legs. The man, an executive at a trading company, had been ratted out for illegally cutting down and selling trees into China. When the police came to his property, they found his getaway boat filled with wads of cash. Or so... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/long-reads/article/2168750/when-dream-dies-female-north-korean-defectors?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/long-reads/article/2168750/when-dream-dies-female-north-korean-defectors?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 16 Oct 2018 11:15:45 +0000