Guards in watchtowers are positioned to prevent anyone from going astray. North Korean guard posts dot the hillsides in seemingly every direction, QSL.net stated. If you are caught escaping by North Korean soldiers, you would end up in a military confinement for a few months or years; for important defectors, death awaits… Many have already tried escaping because of poverty—hills barren of trees are good evidence—since the regime’s priority is making Korea a defense-centered economy.
