North and South Korea are in an underground war - Kim Jong Un might now be winning3 days ago Share Save Jean Mackenzie Seoul correspondent Share SaveBBCListen to Jean read this article The border between North and South Korea is swamped with layers of dense barbed-wire fencing and hundreds of guard posts. An escape from North KoreaKang Gyuri, who is 24, grew up in North Korea, where she ran a fishing business. Kang Gyuri fled to South Korea by boat in late 2023Almost everyone she knew there watched South Korean TV shows and films. In 2023 he made it a crime for people to use South Korean phrases or speak in a South Korean accent. One solution could be for South Korea to foot the bill - but the issue of North Korea is heavily politicised here.