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In this episode of Minutes With, we spoke to the remarkable Timothy Cho, a North Korean defector, about his two-time escape from the country run by dictator ...
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Watch & listen WORLDWIDE to the FULL Podcast EXCLUSIVELY FREE on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5JQu91FRevsm4GSPr8JbYB?si=3aec1bc445a04356Simon Wilso...
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Three North Korean defectors have been describing the harsh conditions inside the one of the world's most secretive countries."A lot of people are barely sur...
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- North Korean Defection
- Exposing The Realities of Life in The Hermit Kingdom
- Sungju Lee
- Kim Cheol-Woong
- Yeonmi Park
Freedom of movement is severely limited in North Korea. Strict emigration controls mean that leaving the country simply isn’t an option for most citizens: those who have left the People’s Republic have typically been regarded as defectors and punished in the event of repatriation. Nonetheless, thousands of North Koreans manage to escape the Hermit ...
The recent history of North Korea under the leadership of the Kim dynasty has been shrouded in secrecy and the reality of life there remains closely guarded by officials. The stories of North Korean defectors lift the veil on life in North Korea, providing powerful accounts of devastating poverty and hardship. These accounts rarely chime with the v...
Sungju Lee’s story highlights the obliviousness of North Korea’s more affluent Pyongyang residents to the desperate poverty experienced by much of the country. Growing up in relative comfort in Pyongyang, Sungju had believed that the People’s Republic was the richest country in the world, a notion that was no doubt encouraged by state media and a p...
Kim Cheol-woong’s story is fairly unusual because he’s from a prominent North Korean family and enjoyed a relatively privileged upbringing. A gifted musician, Kim was afforded a taste of life outside the confines of the DPRK when he was sent to study at the Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow between 1995 and 1999. It was an eye (and ear) opening ex...
To some extent, Yeonmi Park’s awakening was also artistic. She recalls that watching an illegally imported copy of the 1997 film Titantic gave her ‘a taste of freedom’, opening her eyes to the limitations of life in the DPRK. That illegal copy of Titanic also links to another element of her story: in 2004 her father was convicted of running a smugg...
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Apr 7, 2023 · The man known as David tells Sky News how his father disappeared without a trace and his mother was tortured in a labour camp - as he provides a rare insight into life in North Korea since the ...
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Jun 12, 2019 · The North Korean army is fully aware that soldiers who stare at the southern side all day long are exposed to propaganda flyers and broadcasts from the south.
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May 26, 2017 · Now in Seoul, North Korean defectors recall life inside one of the world's most secretive regimes, talking of brainwashing, required military service — and the jolt of seeing the outside...
