" Defectors frequently quit jobs found for them by the government and start businesses that fail. Some newcomers are disgusted by what they see as the decadence and inequality of life in the South. So to find employers who will put up with the prickliness of newcomers from the North, the Ministry of Unification pays companies up to eighteen hundred dollars a year if they risk hiring a defector. "

― Blaine Harden , Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West