Dec 5, 2023 · Earlier this year, Mr Kim pulled off a seemingly impossible escape from North Korea. He fled by sea with his entire family - his pregnant wife, his mother, his brother's family, and an urn...

Feb 18, 2019 · These incredibly brave North Koreans risked everything for freedom and a chance to live life anew. 1. Park Yeonmi escaped from North Korea on foot as a young teenager and has since spoken out about the horrors she faced in her home country. In 2002, her father was arrested for illegal trading and sentenced to 17 years in prison.

The Defector: Escape from North Korea, a 2013 documentary film; The Journals of Musan – This 2011 film, based on true events, tells the story of Jeon Seung-chul (played by Park Jung-bum), a North Korean defector who struggles to adapt to his new life in South Korea.

Apr 7, 2023 · He is a North Korean defector, one of the very few to have escaped the DPRK (Democratic Republic of Korea) within the last few years. "My mother bribed the soldier beforehand," he tells me as he gestures on a map to where he crossed the border north into China. "The river was frozen solid.

Apr 6, 2023 · When Songmi's mother, Myung-hui, arrived home the following week to find her husband dead, she was distraught. She made an unthinkable decision. She would try to escape North Korea again....

Oct 22, 2023 · A new documentary uses rare footage of the escape route North Koreans take as they try to defect. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with director Madeleine Gavin and defector Soyeon Lee about the...

Apr 12, 2018 · Reuters reporter Seung-Woo Yeom interviewed some of those who made it to Seoul. Jeong Min-woo, 29, is from Hyesan, on the border with China. He was a commissioned officer in the Korean People's Army, and left the country in his uniform.

Apr 6, 2023 · When Songmi's mother, Myung-hui, arrived home the following week to find her husband dead, she was distraught. She made an unthinkable decision. She would try to escape North Korea again....

Jan 9, 2024 · Now, they risk everything in escaping it. In an unforgettable documentary, follow families on a treacherous journey to defect from their homeland of North Korea, as the threat of severe...

Feb 1, 2024 · Beyond Utopia: Escape from North Korea can be watched on BBC iPlayer under the Storyville strand. Get in touch with our news team by emailing us at [email protected] . For more stories like this ...