Abstract:The transnational ethnic networks developed by North Korean defectors are factors in the (de-)bordering of North Korea. Ethnographic fieldwork in two destinations-London and Los Angeles-demonstrates, first, that through their practices of financial and social remittances, the defectors have proved that North Korea's border control is porous, and second, that the defectors have developed global and regional networks to challenge North Korean sovereignty. In the interaction between the defectors' daily lives and… Show more
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