("DEFECTOR GIVES UP ON NORTH KOREA", 2005-11-03) reported that a woman who left her native Japan to live in the DPRK has decided that the country is less alluring than she first thought. Kazumi Kitagawa, 31, defected two years ago claiming she was persecuted in Japan after being forced to be a government mole in a doomsday cult. On entering the DPRK, she initially expressed excitement, saying she wanted to study the Korean language and work as a translator. Later, though, she complained about her cold hotel room, the constant surveillance by guards, and the lack of Japanese cosmetics, clothes, and snacks. The DPRK confirmed on Thursday she had been allowed to leave.