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I Made North Korean Propaganda

Song Byeok worked as an artist for the regime in North Korea before fleeing the country.

Song Byeok is a former North Korean propaganda artist who now uses his skills to satirise the regime. He came from a poor family and dreamt of being an artist but had to take a job as a manual labourer. He continued to draw pictures in his spare time, and one day he was spotted by a government official, who offered him work as a propaganda artist - a job he loved. But things changed for Mr Song when famine struck the country and he ended up in a labour camp.

Image and credit: Song Byeok

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