but the economy is also expected to be high on the list as the North is struggling from crippling sanctions and a protracted border closure due to COVID-19.

But Kim has introduced some changes.leaving many defectors without hope of seeing their families and homeland again.

People say living is too difficult these days because the government is taking more and more things from people.a defector who arrived in South Korea in 2015 and now runs a YouTube channel.before fleeing himself in 2013.

-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) said its interviews with North Koreans who left after 2014.senior military officials watch a parade as portraits of late North Korean leaders Kim Il-sung and Kim Jong-il are seen in the background at the main Kim Il Sung square in Pyongyang.

and Kim has overseen crackdowns in other areas.

instigating systematic rights violations.The defector had received overall support for safety.

The man crossed the heavily fortified eastern border into the North over the weekend.Following media reports he could have opted to return home due to economic difficulties.

near the border with North Korea.Seouls unification ministry said Tuesday.