Songbun is your social, political and geographic credit score in North Korea and it is largely based on the merits of your ancestors when Kim Il Sung took power. Sug and Dan explore this weird and convoluted system that the North Korean government uses to subjugate and classify its citizens.

Links:
Marked for Life: Songbun, North Korea's Social Classification System
Crossing Borders blog - Songbun: A North Korean's Ultimate Value

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