One family of three told Chosun Ilbo that after receiving 18m won, they still owe brokers 10m won, and the 1m government support per month isn't enough to prevent them slipping into debt. "I thought my life here would be like a TV soap where everyone lives happily ever after, but the minute we stepped out of Hanawon [resettlement centre], I found myself already chin-deep in debt with no idea how to repay it," Kim Young-mi told the paper. Many end up in casual labour in a bid to pay off their debts, with Nam Young-hwa of the Women's Association for the Future of Korean Peninsula telling Chosun Ilbo that many pay the brokers without thinking of the consequences. "It's only when they arrive here that the reality hits them... it often triggers physical and emotional suffering."