This qualitative research was conducted to explore the life of North Korean youth defectors atresidential facilities focused on the lived experience of residential supervisors. The residential supervisors wereselected for the research to have a better understanding of the North Korean youth defectors because theywork closely and spend more time with the youths than any other professionals. Five supervisors wereinterviewed and the interview data were analyzed by a phenomenological qualitative method. The five categorieswere derived from the data and included as follows: <the barriers to build up a sense of closeness with theyouths>, <difficulties to perform a role as a residential supervisor>, <satisfaction and missions as thesupervisor>,<expectations for the youths>, and <wishes for a stable life with the youths>. Based on the resultsof this research the practical suggestions were made as the following: First, culturally competent services shouldbe practiced to meet the unique needs of North Korean youth defectors. Second, the better treatment for thesupervisors is required to prevent from their burnout. Third, the secure non-government resources are neededto stabilize economical hardship of the facilities. Forth, the rearrangement of unprotective North Korean youthdefectors to South Korean child care facilities and public schools could be considered.