Born in North Korea and holding a Chinese passport along with North Korean permanent residency, this group is quite rare due to the extreme difficulty in obtaining a North Korean green card. As one of the few who have achieved this, I’ll share my genuine insights about North Korea and the unique challenges and cultural integration experiences of our group living between the two countries.

What’s it like to be born in North Korea? There’s a special group of people in North Korea who hold Chinese passports and also have North Korean permanent residency, commonly known as a green card. Some netizens say that the Chinese green card is the hardest to obtain in the world, but in reality, the North Korean green card is the most difficult to get. Only Chinese people who have been living in North Korea since the past and their descendants can obtain it. How many are there? As far as I know, there are less than 20,000 people, and I am one of them. So, what is it like to be a Chinese person born and living in North Korea? What kind of country is North Korea in reality? Are the things about North Korea that are widely circulated online true or false? I will gradually discuss all the curious questions about North Korea with everyone in this blog.