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Planned For 10 Years, Out In 2 Hours: How Family Of 9 Escaped North Korea
A North Korean family of nine executed a decade-long escape plan in just two hours, sailing across the Yellow Sea to freedom, though tragedy struck months later when the younger brother who made it all possible died in an accident.
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"1 + 1 = 1": Escapee Reveals North Korea's Distorted School Curriculum
Ryu said that after eventually escaping and reaching safety abroad, he began sharing his story publicly to raise awareness about conditions inside North Korea.
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Man Who Escaped North Korea Reveals What Happens To Citizens If They Buy A TV
Timothy Cho, a two-time defector from North Korea, has revealed the difficulties citizens go through in the secretive nation in order to purchase simple consumer goods such as TVs.
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Boat Carrying Suspected North Korean Defectors Stopped By South Korea
South Korean authorities on Tuesday detained a North Korean boat carrying people believed to be seeking to defect from the isolated country, the military said.
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About Chameleons And 'Snollygosters': Shashi Tharoor's Swipe at Defectors
Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Friday took a swipe at party-hopping politicians in India by posting a video of a chameleon changing shades as it climbs a colour-banded pole and threw in a rarely used word to go with it -- snollygoster.
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North Korean Defector Undetected For Hours After Daring 6-Hour Swim To South
A North Korean defector wore a diving suit and fins during a daring six-hour swim around one of the world's most fortified borders, a Seoul official said, and was caught only after apparently falling asleep.
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North Korean Defectors Say Contacts In Dark About Kim Jong Un
Defectors from North Korea say many of their relatives and contacts were unaware of the international speculation over leader Kim Jong Un's health or were unwilling to discuss the issue in clandestine calls made from the South.
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North Korean Defector, 6-Year-Old Son Die Of Starvation In Seoul
The bodies of a North Korean defector and her young son have been found in their apartment, Seoul police said Tuesday, with local media reporting they appeared to have died of starvation.
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North Korea Will Never Fully Give Up Nuclear Weapons: Top Defector
The current whirlwind of diplomacy and negotiations will not end with "a sincere and complete disarmament" but with "a reduced North Korean nuclear threat", said Thae Yong-ho, who fled his post as the North's deputy ambassador to Britain in August 2016.
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Donald Trump Hosts North Korean Defectors In Oval Office
US President Donald Trump welcomed six North Korean defectors to the Oval Office on Friday, a high profile and potentially provocative show of support.
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Shots Fired Along Demilitarised Zone As North Korean Soldier Defects
South Korean guards fired warning shots across the heavily militarised border with North Korea on Thursday as a soldier from the North defected, officials said, complicating efforts to ease tensions over the Pyongyang's weapons programmes.
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North Korean Defector Pleads To Return At UN Event
A North Korean defector interrupted a United Nations human rights press conference in Seoul on Thursday to plead tearfully to be allowed to go back to her relatives in Pyongyang.
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North Korean Soldier's Survival Is 'Truly A Miracle,' Says American Rescue Crew
When the injured soldier was loaded onto into the Black Hawk helicopter, Sgt. 1st Class Gopal Singh, on his last mission as a flight medic, said a prayer. He did not think the man, who had been shot five times, was going to survive.
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North Korea's Wounded Defector "Nice Guy", Says Surgeon
North Korea's latest defector, a young soldier known only by his family name Oh, is a quiet, pleasant man who has nightmares about being returned to the North, his surgeon said on Thursday.
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North Korean Defector's Diet And Parasites Hint At Hard Life In The Country
Parasitic worms found in a North Korean soldier, critically injured during a desperate defection, highlight nutrition and hygiene problems that experts say have plagued the isolated country for decades.
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Planned For 10 Years, Out In 2 Hours: How Family Of 9 Escaped North Korea
A North Korean family of nine executed a decade-long escape plan in just two hours, sailing across the Yellow Sea to freedom, though tragedy struck months later when the younger brother who made it all possible died in an accident.
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"1 + 1 = 1": Escapee Reveals North Korea's Distorted School Curriculum
Ryu said that after eventually escaping and reaching safety abroad, he began sharing his story publicly to raise awareness about conditions inside North Korea.
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Man Who Escaped North Korea Reveals What Happens To Citizens If They Buy A TV
Timothy Cho, a two-time defector from North Korea, has revealed the difficulties citizens go through in the secretive nation in order to purchase simple consumer goods such as TVs.
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Boat Carrying Suspected North Korean Defectors Stopped By South Korea
South Korean authorities on Tuesday detained a North Korean boat carrying people believed to be seeking to defect from the isolated country, the military said.
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About Chameleons And 'Snollygosters': Shashi Tharoor's Swipe at Defectors
Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Friday took a swipe at party-hopping politicians in India by posting a video of a chameleon changing shades as it climbs a colour-banded pole and threw in a rarely used word to go with it -- snollygoster.
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North Korean Defector Undetected For Hours After Daring 6-Hour Swim To South
A North Korean defector wore a diving suit and fins during a daring six-hour swim around one of the world's most fortified borders, a Seoul official said, and was caught only after apparently falling asleep.
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North Korean Defectors Say Contacts In Dark About Kim Jong Un
Defectors from North Korea say many of their relatives and contacts were unaware of the international speculation over leader Kim Jong Un's health or were unwilling to discuss the issue in clandestine calls made from the South.
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North Korean Defector, 6-Year-Old Son Die Of Starvation In Seoul
The bodies of a North Korean defector and her young son have been found in their apartment, Seoul police said Tuesday, with local media reporting they appeared to have died of starvation.
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North Korea Will Never Fully Give Up Nuclear Weapons: Top Defector
The current whirlwind of diplomacy and negotiations will not end with "a sincere and complete disarmament" but with "a reduced North Korean nuclear threat", said Thae Yong-ho, who fled his post as the North's deputy ambassador to Britain in August 2016.
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Donald Trump Hosts North Korean Defectors In Oval Office
US President Donald Trump welcomed six North Korean defectors to the Oval Office on Friday, a high profile and potentially provocative show of support.
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Shots Fired Along Demilitarised Zone As North Korean Soldier Defects
South Korean guards fired warning shots across the heavily militarised border with North Korea on Thursday as a soldier from the North defected, officials said, complicating efforts to ease tensions over the Pyongyang's weapons programmes.
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North Korean Defector Pleads To Return At UN Event
A North Korean defector interrupted a United Nations human rights press conference in Seoul on Thursday to plead tearfully to be allowed to go back to her relatives in Pyongyang.
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North Korean Soldier's Survival Is 'Truly A Miracle,' Says American Rescue Crew
When the injured soldier was loaded onto into the Black Hawk helicopter, Sgt. 1st Class Gopal Singh, on his last mission as a flight medic, said a prayer. He did not think the man, who had been shot five times, was going to survive.
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North Korea's Wounded Defector "Nice Guy", Says Surgeon
North Korea's latest defector, a young soldier known only by his family name Oh, is a quiet, pleasant man who has nightmares about being returned to the North, his surgeon said on Thursday.
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North Korean Defector's Diet And Parasites Hint At Hard Life In The Country
Parasitic worms found in a North Korean soldier, critically injured during a desperate defection, highlight nutrition and hygiene problems that experts say have plagued the isolated country for decades.
