North Korean defectors in diaspora: identities, mobilities, and resettlements

In: Crossing Borders in a Global World: Applying Anthropology to Migration, Displacement, and Social Change

Abstract

Introduction -- From Linked to Linking Agency: Transnational Ties of North Korean Defectors Living in Japan -- Adaptation of North Korean Defector Families Who Resettled in South Korea After Having Left the South -- 'I Opened My Eyes': Female North Korean Defectors' Journey from Precarity to Empowerment -- Do They Get Along? Interactions Between North Korean Defectors and South Korean Migrants in London -- Communication of North Korean Defector Families through Transnational Migration -- De-bordering North Korea: Remittances and Global Networks -- Representation and Self-Presentation of North Korean Defectors in South Korea: Image, Discourse, and Voices -- North Korean Nation-Building Outside North Korea -- Conclusion: Looking to the Future.