$8,000 Defecting Fee
Nope, you don’t need an online college degree to figure out that this fact is highly unconventional. Technically, it is not illegal to defect from North Korea, however, with that being said, it is illegal to defect if you have not paid the price to do so. Kim Jong-Un himself raised the price to defect to a staggering $8,000. As most of the country’s citizens live in poverty, this asking price is far too much to even consider a possibility.
$8,000 Defecting Fee
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