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Park Sol-ji is a pseudonym she is using for safety reasons. Sol-ji fled North Korea 19 years ago when she was 20 years old, arriving in South Korea the following year. Adjusting to life in the fast-paced South was jarring. Though she tried her best to blend in among South Korean 20-somethings , it would all come crashing down whenever she spoke with her unmistakable North Korean accent.
North Korea is attempting to address its decreasing birth rate by improving the conditions of state-run orphanages while increasing crackdowns on illegal abortions, residents in the country told Radio Free Asia.