Escaping from North Korea is Only the Beginning (2007)

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  • Escape from North Korea (2007): So many people have defected from North Korea that the government is now building a wall along the Chinese border. This exclusive report follows one family's dangerous exodus.
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    At a safe house in China, a brother and sister collapse into each other arms. For months, 'Uncle Jung' has been trying to smuggle his sister and her family out of North Korea. Today, they crossed the Tumen river into China. "We wanted to wait for darkness but were afraid the guards would find us", explains Park Myong Kwan. "So we just jumped into the river". One risky journey may have ended for the Park family but another is just beginning. China regularly returns refugees to North Korea where they face almost certain execution. In contrast, Thailand deports immigrants to South Korea. Over the next week, the Parks will travel by any means possible to the Lao border, a journey of 4,000 miles. They don't speak Chinese and don t have any documents. "We feel like we're lying on a chopping board right now", confides Park Myong Kwan. "It's like we're gambling but the stakes are our lives". But for them, the gamble pays off. They make it to Thailand before being arrested. In a few months, they will be flown to South Korea, where they can build a new life.
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  • @MOS-MHz
    @MOS-MHz 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2529

    Good to see the Thai understand and have a heart rather then sending them back to North Korea

    • @sapphirexwind
      @sapphirexwind 5 ปีที่แล้ว +205

      They're a democratic country with ties to the west and a lot of tourism from South Korea , and others....so of course.

    • @Oline1756
      @Oline1756 5 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      Thai people are lovely especially the girls😍😍😻😻

    • @userseveneleven
      @userseveneleven 5 ปีที่แล้ว +81

      Lee Ice "Girls" you mean ladyboys

    • @haltuaketti420
      @haltuaketti420 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      it was only because of the UN.. they send everyone else back.

    • @elouiseking5297
      @elouiseking5297 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Y

  • @kelli_with_an_I
    @kelli_with_an_I ปีที่แล้ว +905

    I can’t imagine how much anxiety they must of had. Makes you really thankful for what you have and where you were born.

    • @williamquiles4382
      @williamquiles4382 ปีที่แล้ว

      What about the freedom of Americans? Look at all the innocent lives Bush and Obama have killed using brainwashed American troopers. 90% of people killed by the Drone Program of Obama were innocent. 1,000,000 innocent lives were killed in Irak with the excuse of WMDs. People believe anything in the USA. Russia Gate, Nicolás Maduro is a dictaror, etc. Please pray for OUR freedom.

    • @cmichelle6888
      @cmichelle6888 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Boy I've never felt so grateful!!!!

    • @thorguldhammer7642
      @thorguldhammer7642 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      I was born in Denmark. Every day I am grateful that I have the opportunities I have. I can study whatever I want, for free (and I'll even get paid for it). I can go to the hospital and be treated, for free. I never have to worry about shelter or food. Life is amazing here, I am so sad that a lot of people in the world don't have the same opportunities as I do

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      @xxxstarrdd หลายเดือนก่อน

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  • @CTLatteberry
    @CTLatteberry 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2524

    My grandparents escaped from North Korea. Grandma by Boat and Gramps by land. Both made it out and 2 generations later, here I am. First generation American with a life full of opportunities, much more than the majority of the world. Strange how life works isnt it.
    edit: bitcoin :)

    • @maliastone6969
      @maliastone6969 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Whoa | k.

    • @Maho_Stitch
      @Maho_Stitch 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Damn.

    • @harrypoosie3035
      @harrypoosie3035 4 ปีที่แล้ว +55

      Congrats and God Bless I hope North Korea can free themselves of that parasite they call their leader. If he’s able to live the way he does off of the Korean people imagine what they’d be capable of as a first world country with a good leader.

    • @xcesar4impx666
      @xcesar4impx666 4 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      I hope your not a Berkley college douch joining Antifa , and telling us how wonderful socialism , is

    • @judeaberdeen6848
      @judeaberdeen6848 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@xcesar4impx666 k

  • @lesliechapa7463
    @lesliechapa7463 4 ปีที่แล้ว +583

    "I'm not betraying my country I'm just trying to find more freedom" my friend your country betrayed u. Thankx GOD they made it!

    • @buttkid3548
      @buttkid3548 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Who do you credit when they don't make it? God not care about those people?

    • @jinimurray4090
      @jinimurray4090 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@buttkid3548 Deuteronomy 29:29

  • @francoishuman3479
    @francoishuman3479 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4363

    Please remove this video, it is great that we outside North Korea have the right to know what goes on there and even be able to help. The problem is these videos show strategies on how people escape, if the North Korean government finds these videos they can implememt tighter control measures to keep people from escaping.

    • @piccoxpy7579
      @piccoxpy7579 7 ปีที่แล้ว +435

      Francois Human, You are somehow right. This vedio does not help other defectors when crossing from the board compared to the past. But showing such a reality programme, million of people can be more aware of the N.K. political situation as to support those people.

    • @red3y3z
      @red3y3z 7 ปีที่แล้ว +272

      Francois Human Im pretty sure that North Korea knows all the different ways people try to leave. Sure this video shows one way, but with the vast distances they travel and the size of the countries they are travelling through, it would be.like looking for a needle in a haystack for North Korea to locate anyone escaping. Most of the ones who do get caught, is usually because of their own stupidity or they become too ill or just get unlucky and get arrested.

    • @TheAnthoula14
      @TheAnthoula14 7 ปีที่แล้ว +263

      This was filmed ages ago. Under Kim Jong Un, security has become much tighter than it was in 2007. The DPRK government is well aware people escape by crossing the Tumen River, there's no secrets revealed here...

    • @greysonwayne1741
      @greysonwayne1741 7 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      Francois Human pretty sure they don't see this ..

    • @PrincessAshley12
      @PrincessAshley12 7 ปีที่แล้ว +125

      The only way to really escape is to bribe the border guards at night. Since the guards don't get paid shit, they will absolutely accept money. They also have to keep a secret because how are you suppose to explain how these people escaped, they will be executed for doing a terrible job. So they get paid, and they shut up to keep their heads.

  • @GlasUndMetall
    @GlasUndMetall ปีที่แล้ว +447

    My grandparents, aunt, mother, and their maid escaped from the behind the Iron Curtain in '47 because a family friend informed them the night before it was to happen that they were going to be arrested. I'm old now and it saddens me that people still have to run for their lives from these horrible regimes. I wish the best for this family and I pray they find the freedom and happiness all human beings deserve.

    • @IRosamelia
      @IRosamelia ปีที่แล้ว +11

      God bless your family and the refugees of the world. ☮

    • @northeastvillagelife9918
      @northeastvillagelife9918 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Why north Korean people unite and protest against Kim jong

    • @IRosamelia
      @IRosamelia ปีที่แล้ว

      @@northeastvillagelife9918 north east, are you seriously that naive? 🤔 Cause they will get murdered obviously. It's like asking why didn't the Jews protested against the Nazi government

    • @possiblykillylol
      @possiblykillylol ปีที่แล้ว +13

      ​@@northeastvillagelife9918Because if they do it may end up badly, considering how brutal North Korea's government is, a similar event like the Tiananmen Square massacre could happen and kill thousands of innocent protestant north korean citizens

    • @LunnaJannah
      @LunnaJannah ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Bless Ur beautiful heart. I hope U had a great chance at life 😌 and Ur family too

  • @loa6223
    @loa6223 3 ปีที่แล้ว +469

    "I am not betraying my country. I am just looking for my freedom". It goes with "our love ones are the ones that hurt us most".
    These people just wanted to live and survive normally, yet their country whom they love betrays them. Hope you are doing great now SK .

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  • @MS-ql8ek
    @MS-ql8ek 4 ปีที่แล้ว +685

    I am Laotian and when i visited Laos last yr i saw some oddly looking ppl who i suspected to be NK defectors, i knew their situation and wanted to help them so i gave them $200 each person, the entire family was $800. I still wonder if they are safe

    • @watsinurfreezer8789
      @watsinurfreezer8789 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      From where so much money

    • @MS-ql8ek
      @MS-ql8ek 4 ปีที่แล้ว +173

      @@watsinurfreezer8789 i live in the US, I visit Laos 3 times a year and i have my own business. I was with my 3 nephews and never would want to see them in that situation

    • @choongching
      @choongching 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      good

    • @VViv37
      @VViv37 4 ปีที่แล้ว +62

      Thank you! So kind of you! You will be blessed :)

    • @minhvo3657
      @minhvo3657 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      wats in ur freezer very stupid question!!

  • @luckychamps7643
    @luckychamps7643 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2382

    all countries should help people in North Korea

    • @rosedonna3946
      @rosedonna3946 7 ปีที่แล้ว +132

      and people in Afghanistan, Iran, and Saudi Arabia

    • @samuel.fraser
      @samuel.fraser 6 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      rose donna & the people of the crazy,.at war, & starving countries.

    • @basedpro-ua3470
      @basedpro-ua3470 6 ปีที่แล้ว +93

      rose donna
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    • @valerietaylor4701
      @valerietaylor4701 6 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      The U.S. has always helped them. Their propaganda News will say, "This is what the U.S. sent to us because they fear and mainly completely respect Kim. Of course, The NK believes every word from the News. We send them a lot of clothes. They don't have clothing stores there. Instead, They evenly trade clothes with their people. I just can't stand Kim and his fat a$$ nor trust him. I wonder how things are going to pan out betweern us and them. Yeah I don't trust Kim but I do trust Trump so I know whatever happens, He won't take any risks that would hurt the U.S. Prayer needed because those people need our help.

    • @sezrekahneldar4058
      @sezrekahneldar4058 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      What!?! All countries should help women and people of color in America. Or are you blinded by your white male privilege to see how oppressed we are?

  • @wrux
    @wrux 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1008

    I bet they got a shock when they arrived in Seoul

    • @wrux
      @wrux 7 ปีที่แล้ว +103

      God don't exist.

    • @luisfranco9394
      @luisfranco9394 7 ปีที่แล้ว +62

      Kristopher Brewer , it's called a choice. God gives us that choice to do right or wrong. Are evil people excemp from his judgement, never! You and I will all have to pay for our deeds. That clown of a president has it coming. Nothing or no one is above God. Until you have a personal relationship with God, you can say that he is just made belief. May God enlighten all of us to do his will. More importantly, may we choose to listen. Take care.

    • @shanemeenaghan9328
      @shanemeenaghan9328 7 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      Callum B shut the fuck up bitch he does ya asswipe

    • @wrux
      @wrux 7 ปีที่แล้ว +68

      typical neandertal god fearing comment

    • @Vincent-pz3bc
      @Vincent-pz3bc 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Luis Franco ur stupid

  • @sarahhalford9881
    @sarahhalford9881 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1116

    And we complain about our coffee being too hot or cold.

    • @JustAnotherNamelessGuy
      @JustAnotherNamelessGuy 5 ปีที่แล้ว +63

      cuz we can

    • @renalcoco6388
      @renalcoco6388 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      it is so sad my brother

    • @aliyahdel2721
      @aliyahdel2721 5 ปีที่แล้ว +55

      They complain about those things too lol... such a dumb comment

    • @deletedwaffles
      @deletedwaffles 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Alas that's called freedom.

    • @robotripshit
      @robotripshit 4 ปีที่แล้ว +52

      y’all act like we can’t express our problems all because people have it worse

  • @minhvo3657
    @minhvo3657 5 ปีที่แล้ว +405

    I m Vietnamese refugees, escaped the communism regime 40 years ago and settled in the Australia, i was about younger than the boy,but we escaped by boat then, so many people had died in the sea,in the borders, this clip brought back all the dangerous, hardships memories , I gladly see them made in free country, I would do again and again if’s I have to do that again! Communism is monsters should not be allowed to exist in the world, but I don’t know why still have the people that believe in them!!! I know their family is very happy by now because I am one of them!!!!! Thank Australia, thanks all the free country around the world help us escaped from communism!!!

    • @Rlnd19
      @Rlnd19 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Glad you're safe at Australia, is in Vietnam now still under a communism rule ? Would like to know about that, cheers from your neighbour country Indonesia.

    • @davinlim
      @davinlim 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@Rlnd19
      Negara-negara komunis yang masih ada hingga kini adalah :
      - Republik Rakyat Tiongkok.
      - Transnistia.
      - Kuba.
      - Korea Utara.
      - Laos.
      - Vietnam.

    • @davinlim
      @davinlim 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@Modest-op2vv I heard the ideology of NORTH KOREA is not communist now, they have own ideology called JUCHE (more like to dictatorship), they only practicing some communist way now, but not pure anymore.

    • @pjmsparkle5104
      @pjmsparkle5104 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Glad to see that ur safe!!!
      It’s am half Vietnamese and Japanese and I have heard a lot of stories from my grandparents (mother side) and it was terrible
      And I do speak fluent Vietnamese and I am so proud hehehehe

    • @wowbruh2511
      @wowbruh2511 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Come back to Vietnam in 2020 and tell me it’s a communist shithole.

  • @mabel8179
    @mabel8179 7 ปีที่แล้ว +696

    CK is a hero! The world needs more caring and brave people like him. I'm so glad that this lovely NK family managed to escape to SK and I hope they are now having a happy and safe life.

    • @abosaliling4857
      @abosaliling4857 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      NightOwl Yes CK is a hero and he said his last mission the park family

    • @TangyTomato
      @TangyTomato 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      To escape to SK its the last option as it very heavily protected and its hard

    • @echad6259
      @echad6259 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yes.

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  • @SusieSynth
    @SusieSynth 7 ปีที่แล้ว +308

    When he hugged his sister I lost it. God bless them they know the truth and want out.

    • @tsommers3284
      @tsommers3284 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I'm sure everybody wants the hell out! I can't imagine anyone feels particularly at peace there.

    • @fedrickharkrang9148
      @fedrickharkrang9148 5 ปีที่แล้ว

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    • @JessicaGarcia-xf9wr
      @JessicaGarcia-xf9wr 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It’s like the cameras are rolling.. they put on a show and act. But deep down we don’t even know what the hell goes on in there or why there put through.. seen some leaked footage of torture and cruelty.. and that’s just the scratch to the surface. Them obviously wanting to get the hell out of there says enough! I wish someday I can speak to a North Korean one day!

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  • @disappearintothesea
    @disappearintothesea ปีที่แล้ว +364

    My parents had to cross the Mekong river too. I hope they’re living the life they want now.

    • @discarded1669
      @discarded1669 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      are u also a defectee or why are you not in contact with them?

    • @cjames4711
      @cjames4711 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      I hope that you and your family are well, and thriving!

    • @AbzLawso
      @AbzLawso ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Did u escape with them? Or did they leave and then u where born? Sorry im very intrested

    • @fishbed_
      @fishbed_ ปีที่แล้ว +37

      @Mickeys Time p sure you can't access youtube in north Korea

    • @fishbed_
      @fishbed_ ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @Mickeys Time i guess so

  • @adambi2693
    @adambi2693 4 ปีที่แล้ว +341

    My hometown is in the Chinese province that borders North Korea. I have heard about the horrible treatments on those escapers caught back to North Korea since I was a child. But I knew Chinese government would also send them back just several years ago. CCP is not so much better than North Korea. I am study abroad now and hope to stay here in the future. Communism is the worst virus of the world!

    • @kan9431
      @kan9431 4 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      毕泽龙 Thank you for speaking the truth. People think China & Viet Nam embrace capitalism, therefore, they have changed, but they are not. They are still as evil and controlling as ever. Communists should be eradicated from the world.

    • @derxert521
      @derxert521 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

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    • @kan9431
      @kan9431 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@derxert521 How is not the truth?

    • @derxert521
      @derxert521 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@One.Zero.One101 55 million go to china a year. you're just deluded

    • @derxert521
      @derxert521 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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  • @hardbodykb
    @hardbodykb 8 ปีที่แล้ว +461

    The look on his wife's face at the end, before the Camera cuts... Brought tears to my eyes. I hope to God that they find the lives that they can only dream about before when they arrive in Seoul!

    • @mabel8179
      @mabel8179 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Me too- lovely and brave family.

    • @at1212b
      @at1212b 6 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      A whole family crossing over like that is almost unheard of. They are way ahead of many others similar who came alone.

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  • @relaxationstation7374
    @relaxationstation7374 7 ปีที่แล้ว +387

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    • @bdub9842
      @bdub9842 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

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    • @sunshine0081
      @sunshine0081 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

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  • @Hari-sv5og
    @Hari-sv5og 5 ปีที่แล้ว +80

    Their faces ! So poor and helpless guys .. we have known poverty for a long time in India but the value of freedom is something we forget and get accustomed to !! Democracy is such a blessing 🙂

  • @CEB1896
    @CEB1896 4 ปีที่แล้ว +153

    It says quite a lot when Laos is “rich” compared to North Korea.

  • @rw3936
    @rw3936 7 ปีที่แล้ว +312

    Happy 10 year anniversary of freedom!

    • @mayattv4986
      @mayattv4986 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      They committed suicide

    • @dragos3953
      @dragos3953 4 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      @@mayattv4986 no they didn't...

    • @ritalun_naulak
      @ritalun_naulak 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Louie Salvador WHAT!!!!

    • @aibansharailyngdoh8608
      @aibansharailyngdoh8608 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@mayattv4986, how do yo know for sure??

    • @ilovesuga22
      @ilovesuga22 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Louie Salvador Please stop lying.

  • @kelli_with_an_I
    @kelli_with_an_I ปีที่แล้ว +93

    I have so much respect for the man who said he’s going to work as much as he can and spend the rest of his life looking for his wife and son 💔 that’s a real man! And a damn good father. I really hope he finds them one day!!

    • @TomorrowWeLive
      @TomorrowWeLive 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Damn near had me tearing up over here

    • @natashamichael5933
      @natashamichael5933 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Sad thing is he spent his whole life doing that and he didn't get to see a penny of the work that he did.. not that he was doing that work for himself, But he worked his ass off his whole entire life and his family still starved. Because that's what kind of country he then It's fucking devastating.

  • @KM-vq6xc
    @KM-vq6xc 5 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    No one talks about how Thailand is so humane and thought about the safety of the NK defectors and bring them to SK... Praise the heavens for Thailand. ❤️❤️❤️

  • @mateochiriboga8558
    @mateochiriboga8558 ปีที่แล้ว +50

    It's been 16 years and I hope they had arrived safely and lived a good life. Amazing job that some people do, putting their safety at risk for the wellbeing of others.

  • @missmac1771
    @missmac1771 7 ปีที่แล้ว +91

    This family's courage is outstanding. I am in awe of them & every other person who attempted that journey.

  • @ShyAnn291
    @ShyAnn291 7 ปีที่แล้ว +584

    It's so sad that this is real, I've seen other documentaries about North Korea and it upsets me that Kim Jung il can do this to people!!!
    Edit: obviously I know that both Kim Jung il and Kim Jung Un are horrible people!

    • @mbey13419
      @mbey13419 7 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      ShyAnn291 Kim Jong-Un*

    • @stackorstarve5190
      @stackorstarve5190 7 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      MBey13 no dumbass this 2007 kim jong un was in power in 2012

    • @mbey13419
      @mbey13419 7 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      Liam Jacobson Understandable, have a great day.

    • @MrBagusbah
      @MrBagusbah 6 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      MBey13 Your courteous reply to the basement dweller left him/her/it mute and speechless for 7 months. Champion you are.

    • @TrawaBros
      @TrawaBros 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Kim Jong Un.
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  • @rochebotha692
    @rochebotha692 2 ปีที่แล้ว +78

    It is so wrong to stop people from leaving a country they hate. I wish I could somehow help a lot of them get out and give them all a better life.

  • @dr.thunder5014
    @dr.thunder5014 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Now THIS is a documentary. Thank you Journeyman Pictures. Eyeopening and heartbreaking.

  • @imapseudonym7503
    @imapseudonym7503 6 ปีที่แล้ว +251

    You know things are bad, when China, a nation who's human rights record can best be described as "brutal" seem free and egalitarian to you...

    • @derxert521
      @derxert521 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

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    • @trustee8503
      @trustee8503 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      As a Chinese, I wouldn’t say it’s “brutal” but it’s still garbage, but I rather have Chinese freedom over nk any day

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      @logantca 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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      China has the most sophisticated oppressive government in the world. They have a police state unlike any other on this earth, efficient and cruel. In China's northeastern providences, they track peoples faces, locations, community gatherings and more to give every citizen there a "citizen score," and if that score falls too low, they can't travel, they lose jobs, they get imprisoned. Members of the Uyghur ethnic and religious group, native to that region, are being placed into concentration (or "re-education") camps, being separated from their families, being "disappeared," etc. China has a brutal history of human rights violations and war crimes, and that history is still being written.
      www.nbcnews.com/news/world/uighurs-accuse-china-mass-detention-torture-landmark-complaint-n1239493

    • @derxert521
      @derxert521 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@logantca i've lived in china and it's nothing like that. stop watching the bbc

    • @logantca
      @logantca 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      ​@@derxert521 The dictatorial leadership of the Peoples Republic of China is internationally recognized as one of the most oppressive regimes ever to stain the Earth with it's presence and monstrous actions.
      Below you will find a small number of reported human rights violations, from religions, to ethnic, to free speech, to torture, to unfair trials. These are from a swathe of different sources, including independent, government, and international.
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      www.bbc.com/news/blogs-china-blog-36704380
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  • @CulturedWhiteBoy
    @CulturedWhiteBoy 7 ปีที่แล้ว +237

    A follow-up would be great.

    • @altouna
      @altouna 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Pill Cosby what are you talking about?

    • @zombie5258
      @zombie5258 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @Pill Cosby true!!!

    • @freshfrozen3035
      @freshfrozen3035 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Pill Cosby exactly bro

    • @freshfrozen3035
      @freshfrozen3035 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Farrel Maja Mahardika trying to ingratiate from there countries to the us is also a 89% of death

  • @ALostExplorer
    @ALostExplorer ปีที่แล้ว +41

    I actually remember seeing this documentary way back in 2007 on World's Untold Stories on CNN (with Dan Rivers serving as reporter, I think). Like a lot of recent comments, I am also curious as to the fate of the Park family and Myong Chol. But after a bit of googling around, I have simply found nothing about them beyond this documentary. The most I have is the transcript from Journeyman Pictures that put down their names:
    Park Myong Kwan (Mr. Park)
    Kwon Sun Yo (Mrs. Park)
    (Park?) Wun Jong (daughter)
    (Park?) Chol Hak (son); and
    Lee Myong Chol (the family friend)
    I could only recall that the CNN anchor noted that the Park family (and Myong Chol?) have successfully relocated to South Korea (after the documentary finished running). But take my shaky memory with a grain of salt.
    That said, a lot more is known about 'CK' (aka Kim Sang Hun). He was actually born in North Korea, but his family moved to South Korea before the Korean War. His adult life was spent in various postings from the United Nations, but it was only once he hit retirement age that he really started to think about projects to help North Korean defectors escape to South Korea. If this defection took place in 2007, then CK would have been around 75 at that time. He's also the first chairman of the NGO Database Center for North Korean Human Rights (founded in 2003). And according to his Korean wikipedia page he is still alive at the age of 90 (as of this writing).
    Something I now wonder is whether the children (Cho Hak and Wun Jong) would have attended Hangyeore Middle and High School, a school built specifically in 2006 to receive North Korean children before sending them over to South Korean schools. If so, they would have been around other North Korean children who defected either on their own or (not likely) with their parents.
    But something that has really hit me is how so much time has past since this documentary was made. Wun Jong, who was 23 in 2007, would now be almost 40 at this point....

    • @JWalia05
      @JWalia05 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Any update on the family?

    • @cyrenthesiren
      @cyrenthesiren 22 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Yes, I would like to hear updates on how this family is doing now.

    • @itzdevplays
      @itzdevplays 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Only managed to find this documentary in the CNN archives, but its not watchable. Thats the only thing I could find even the internet archive leads to a dead end. If it wasn't for this this video to be here on youtube It would be lost to time.

  • @nessbeck8839
    @nessbeck8839 3 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    Thank God for all the brave ppl that helped them in this journey to freedom. May God continue to bless u to be a blessing to others!!

  • @ianbryant6499
    @ianbryant6499 7 ปีที่แล้ว +143

    I somehow wish that Thailand or Laos or China Government would be more compassionate and cooperative in helping these people who are only seeking for freedom in life...

    • @adelehammond1621
      @adelehammond1621 5 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      thailand is very accepting of north korea they will arrest them for being a illegal immigrant then maybe give them a right to remain or fly them to south korea they have freedom then

    • @bdub9842
      @bdub9842 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Keep on praying for the safety of them and all who will follow in JESUS HOLY NAME AMEN!

    • @ninofromkitchennightmares1497
      @ninofromkitchennightmares1497 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Ian Bryant So your saying Thailand does not send North Koreans to the south?

    • @fukubich8392
      @fukubich8392 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ninofromkitchennightmares1497 they will the the arresting is just to comply with the law otherwise what the use of the law if there is an acceptance and Korean defector is only small proportion compare to other illegal immigrants here in Thailand worse it drug smuggling

    • @manafbenayache1880
      @manafbenayache1880 20 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@bdub9842 no in the name of GOD ELMIGHTY ! a fact GOD has no children , he s the one and only ! he doesnt share his divinity with any other of his creatures !

  • @ricaudiograph27
    @ricaudiograph27 7 ปีที่แล้ว +181

    she is now a mother of 2..and works as a sales lady in south korea... she's still have the looks till now..

    • @sgcl10658
      @sgcl10658 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Who? The girl or the mother in the video?

    • @joannekim7000
      @joannekim7000 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Rico Pajarilla

    • @suicidaltendencies99
      @suicidaltendencies99 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      You full of shit

    • @Deeviiouss
      @Deeviiouss 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      What’s the name

    • @Paradox.Midnight
      @Paradox.Midnight 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Let's hope so. We don't know if it's true but let it be so.

  • @oldbat2ccats
    @oldbat2ccats 4 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    God bless the Park family on their journey to freedom and to all the others who are still suffering in North Korea

  • @harrypoosie3035
    @harrypoosie3035 4 ปีที่แล้ว +49

    I think I feel the worst for the young traveller man who lost his family and lead these people into Korea. It’s been a long time and I hope he’s happy

  • @reveluvie8763
    @reveluvie8763 7 ปีที่แล้ว +535

    I want a follow up of this family please journeyman

    • @iidentifyasyourhighness9294
      @iidentifyasyourhighness9294 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      yu an me too

    • @jiecsmearsenoico168
      @jiecsmearsenoico168 6 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Me too please let as know what happend to this family now.

    • @howlingowl2311
      @howlingowl2311 6 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      I hope they are doing well in SK

    • @trolltruth5037
      @trolltruth5037 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @ARMED DEFENSE they got taken back to north korea by north Korean spys

    • @kimmoore0427
      @kimmoore0427 5 ปีที่แล้ว +108

      @@trolltruth5037 with a name like Trolltruth its doubtful anyone believes you. Lord

  • @freesia2067
    @freesia2067 7 ปีที่แล้ว +218

    My goodness, this is a scary and sad story. I have kids like these two and I can't imagine what they were going through.Some people just want freedom an live a simple life but there were some who doesn't appreciate what they have. I wish them well.

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  • @Rpeesss
    @Rpeesss 5 ปีที่แล้ว +62

    God bless Thailand and South Korea

  • @kaeggwhite29
    @kaeggwhite29 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    This man who help the North Korean to escape north Korea was a hero you can tell that he is doing it not for money but to help his people. I salute you Mr and all your staff hope other North Korean people found a true leader..

  • @sgcl10658
    @sgcl10658 7 ปีที่แล้ว +98

    Why not following their story when they reached to South Korea?

    • @ivetastripeikaite307
      @ivetastripeikaite307 5 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      Perhaps they fear for their safety

    • @jlei440
      @jlei440 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      There’s prolly a shot ton of dprk agents in sk but they are most likely after more important individuals tbh

  • @EPSTomcat11
    @EPSTomcat11 8 ปีที่แล้ว +237

    What a story. Will there be a follow-up with this family? Great documentary I love this channel!

    • @sintithchhour7983
      @sintithchhour7983 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      ..l

    • @sabahandiKL
      @sabahandiKL 7 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      they now are living in south korea

    • @mamoudoundiaye822
      @mamoudoundiaye822 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      If they go to China and if they are caught they will go to jail

    • @mbey13419
      @mbey13419 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      mamoudou ndiaye Im pretty sure if they get caught by Chinese authorities they get flown back to North Korea and will face jail time, labour work, torture, and/or public execution.

    • @livinglegend1187
      @livinglegend1187 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The Judge What are you talking about?

  • @kevincvang
    @kevincvang 6 ปีที่แล้ว +79

    My family fle to Thailand from Laos in this river back in 1979. That was the time north Vietnam invasion Laos. After 39 yrs later the mekong river still had not forgot.

  • @mrsTraveller64
    @mrsTraveller64 5 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    What a nice lovable family. I hope they are happy and have found good friends. Must have been terrible sad to leave their friends and relatives behind,knowing they might never ever see them again.

  • @christophersmith8272
    @christophersmith8272 7 ปีที่แล้ว +146

    Every great story deserves a ending!!! Would love to see their smiling faces once they... if they... ever arrived in South Korea..

    • @ejr23
      @ejr23 7 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      I'm sure they made it to South Korea.

    • @golden4730
      @golden4730 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      ejr23 you're not sure. You think they made it. But without proof its 50/50.

    • @thegreatrespectedsupremele1253
      @thegreatrespectedsupremele1253 6 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      Golden 47
      As long as they made it over the border to Mongolia, or Thailand, they're on South Korea right now; both countries automatically send defectors to SK.

    • @bdub9842
      @bdub9842 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Praying they all make it to safety!

    • @mayattv4986
      @mayattv4986 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@bdub9842 this was 12 years ago

  • @affordablefoodideas
    @affordablefoodideas 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    i am glad they made to Thailand safe and sound...much respect to Thailand government for not being so brutal to the refugees

  • @rhyswong8976
    @rhyswong8976 3 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    I hope the family is okay and living a good life now.

  • @veniceesteban3752
    @veniceesteban3752 5 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    If only I'm a millionaire, I'm more than willing to fund the NK defectors

    • @btsarmy.girlliveinmyownwor5798
      @btsarmy.girlliveinmyownwor5798 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      If I was the billionaire I would have given to bribe to the guard and tell whoever come to eascape let them escapd

  • @mondaymonologue5416
    @mondaymonologue5416 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    These people who help people escape are heroes.

  • @AbsoluteMiniacGena
    @AbsoluteMiniacGena 5 ปีที่แล้ว +66

    OMG.... so this is 12 years old! Has there ever been an update? I want to know how this courageous family have fared in South Korea. That poor man whose wife and child left him during the famine may not have even survived which is an awful thought and he may be better off having moved on to leave behind the thoughts which evidently tormented him. I hope the pastor is still alive and hopefully not risking his life anymore. This was such a tense situation for all and was great they managed to capture on video, things like the rivers they crossed and long train journeys because nobody can imagine the hell people will go to, to escape the Kim regime.
    Apparently if people go via Mongolia instead, they have to pass through desert but I’ve no idea if that is on foot, by rail or by road.
    People who defect are so strong. It’s disgusting that China or Laos won’t accept people seeking asylum, even if it’s a temporary measure to get them to South Korea.

    • @ngchaiming
      @ngchaiming ปีที่แล้ว

      Why don't you f*cking send them money and invite them to stay in your own home? This is a problem of the two Koreas. Why must China be involved?

    • @1he0n3and0nly
      @1he0n3and0nly ปีที่แล้ว +2

      one of them (yeonmi park) has her own book and youtube channel talking about it.

    • @redrumreverse964
      @redrumreverse964 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@1he0n3and0nlyno that’s not her

    • @MoonlightSonata160
      @MoonlightSonata160 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@1he0n3and0nlythat’s not yeonmi how do you confuse them

    • @jesrod2202
      @jesrod2202 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I think it’s by foot, the Gobi Desert is for most part, Hot as hell, raked with a lot of dangerous wildlife and very little food or water to keep yourself from catching heat exhaustion. NK defectors don’t have any easy options to escape Rocketman’s totalitarian grip on the country. If you choose to escape by sea from the western or eastern part of NK, you’ll risk drowning, hypothermia, extreme weather and getting caught by NK patrol boats, obviously going through the DMZ is not an option as that area is heavily guarded and only NK’s elite own cars under government approval. You’ll risk getting smoked on sight. The best way is either through China or Russia and reach the S. Korean consulate but that also carries risk as both China and Russia’s immigration policy is to send all NK defectors back to the country. The family on this video took a rather much more risky route than any other option, China’s a really big country, and heavily patrolled. Thailand doesn’t share a border with China but rather with Laos and Myanmar, two countries with friendly ties to NK which makes it even more tense. Getting to Thailand would require going through the jungles of Laos which also has dangerous wildlife before you can reach the Men Kong River. Imo, fleeing NK is worse than escaping Mexico or Venezuela, it is remarkable how NK defectors manage to pull off such an escape. Knowing well that they risk death if they’re caught or while on their journey. But no matter what route they take, death is almost a guarantee to them, for them it’s just another wall but with an open crack.

  • @connordrake5713
    @connordrake5713 4 ปีที่แล้ว +91

    It's no joke, I cried on this especially when the NoKor girl cried. 😭 14:46
    It's literally unthinkable that we complained things in a free world were in fact complaining in a communist country will literally send you into jail.
    We, people who enjoy freedom, take things for granted. :'(

    • @BootsORiley
      @BootsORiley 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I just want to give her a huge hug.

    • @rockstarofredondo
      @rockstarofredondo ปีที่แล้ว +1

      As much as I can’t stand the government that occupies my nation, I thank my lucky stars daily that I was born American. I hope these people are living well and happy today, wherever they are.

    • @fusemore1059
      @fusemore1059 ปีที่แล้ว

      Oh please! We are still able to complain. Sorry(not sorry) I wasn’t born in a cesspool like North Korea but Americans and other western countries are still allowed to have issues and complainants

  • @Foxforce_6
    @Foxforce_6 3 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    God bless everyone that’s suffering in North Korea

  • @ruso1717
    @ruso1717 7 ปีที่แล้ว +220

    The daughter is so beautiful :)

    • @Anonymous_Belle
      @Anonymous_Belle 6 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      The boy is handsome ha ha ha.

    • @KMCDM
      @KMCDM 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Happy end, snakemassage..

    • @ohyeahyeah4119
      @ohyeahyeah4119 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Ifkr

    • @ArvinG
      @ArvinG 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Yeah, and she looks really familiar like i have seen her facial structure before, cant remember who though.

    • @killerclown7418
      @killerclown7418 5 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      These Indians are everywhere

  • @dawidczerniak5177
    @dawidczerniak5177 8 ปีที่แล้ว +101

    I wish I wasn't only a grain of sand on this desert and could help people like them...instead of looking for kidding on weapons of mass destruction in the Middle East they should end the oppression where it actually happens

    • @K1LL3R4xd
      @K1LL3R4xd 8 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      +QANTAS 747-400ER so malnourishment, communism, oppression, economic failure, horrible dictatorship, and threats to South Korea (US 3rd highest country that deals w/trade) and the United States itself isn't a "real problem"? Pfft. Pathetic. That's just merely an opinion that your dumb ass has. North Korea is a REAL problem.

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      @dawidczerniak5177 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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    • @Cheaty_Four
      @Cheaty_Four 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Dawid Czerniak NK's too risky to attack or force to do something. It was our mistake to let them grow before but during the nuclear tensions of the Cold War they started to grow themselves. Now, attacking them means China and Russia will give us trouble and the west coast is going to get a thermonuclear warm hello from NK. It's too risky without compromising other countries whose interests in NK also make them targets, only China and/or Russia rejecting NK or a coincidental tragedy within NK will open doors for us

    • @Cheaty_Four
      @Cheaty_Four 7 ปีที่แล้ว

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    • @luisfranco9394
      @luisfranco9394 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Dawid Czerniak , when they do. We will have a just world. Where no colour of skin will be treated unequal.

  • @verdiernoyama9681
    @verdiernoyama9681 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    This video is one of the best NK videos I have seen. The family is very touching. I can't believe they filmed everything from the beginning of the NK trip to Thailand. I am so happy for them. It's already been 16 years now, I wonder what happened to them, if they made it to SK and if the family friend with them managed to bring his family to SK. Does anyone have any news about them?

  • @MadanSuvedi
    @MadanSuvedi ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I just imagine how many North Koreans try to escape and of them how many might have survived. At the same time, watching this video reassures how important the freedom is.
    Millions of thanks to those who have been helping to escape.

  • @michelletrimmer7431
    @michelletrimmer7431 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Every country should help the people from North Korea escape. These people are suffering so horribly. So unfair. We all need to help these people.

  • @wijeratnegamingblitz1595
    @wijeratnegamingblitz1595 6 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    Jung speaks very good english

  • @TheWorldInsider
    @TheWorldInsider 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Their daughter’s so beautiful she looks like a South Korean girl

    • @pastaapastaa6169
      @pastaapastaa6169 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Who says North koreans are ugly?

    • @pastaapastaa6169
      @pastaapastaa6169 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Only their supreme leader is.

    • @CaffeineBrittany
      @CaffeineBrittany 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      I mean, she’s Korean...

    • @jayluis189
      @jayluis189 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Lol Because she's Korean..

    • @DeanLordUK
      @DeanLordUK 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      The border is just a line drawn on a map ripping people apart

  • @darkwhite9310
    @darkwhite9310 3 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    I just wish there was a followup video of their life after scape.

    • @jagabaniii4221
      @jagabaniii4221 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yes, that will be very helpful

  • @Incognito61307
    @Incognito61307 6 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    I feel so sad for the people in North Korea, they have been so isolated from the rest of the world that I doubt they may feel alienated when set free. The World need to do something for these oppressed people.

  • @olympe95880
    @olympe95880 7 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    they have been true soo much that even hearing that they might die doesn't "scare" them more than staying in this country ... that crazy how wanting to survive can make you feel and motivate you to do extreme things

  • @elizabethdavitt4628
    @elizabethdavitt4628 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    So sad to find out that this kind of thing is still going on today
    Makes me realise how lucky I am

  • @tuna3875
    @tuna3875 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    The videos caught in his flip phone are better than modern day security cameras trying to capture footage smh.

  • @VeeJoy
    @VeeJoy 7 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    aww bless them! i hope theyre all living a good life now

  • @zildjiancobain4437
    @zildjiancobain4437 6 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    No need to worry for them if they get caught in Thailand. Thailand is the gate way to south korea it is the only neightboring country that allowed north korean to be deported in the south. It will only take them months before they could take off, thats's the difference if they were able to make it to the embassy.

  • @michellereed479
    @michellereed479 5 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    CK is a hero!

  • @jimbennett3788
    @jimbennett3788 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    May God bless all the people who give aid to those escaping the hardship of their native country.

  • @carltamayo7965
    @carltamayo7965 8 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    i wonder what happened to them after they detained in thailand, is there a continuation of it? such a nice documentary, hope to see more

    • @piccoxpy7579
      @piccoxpy7579 7 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      SpakoL SpakoL they are immediately again sent to South Korean embassy after having a brief interview to identify their nationality, and which is a part of process....

    • @aprilevesta.iglesia7946
      @aprilevesta.iglesia7946 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ox_bien.mée très alexandre de toquevell

  • @min-of8cv
    @min-of8cv 6 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Thank you to Thailand Government for opportunity to those people living di South Korea

  • @Scarpia9111
    @Scarpia9111 23 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    I guess we will never know how the family fared after their escape. In my head. The family managed to carve out a life for themselves in S. Korea and lived happily ever after!

  • @foodtantric7297
    @foodtantric7297 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Where is the family now? I hope they are safe and together. Regards from India 🇮🇳

  • @skylineXpert
    @skylineXpert 6 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    The escapees know the value of freedom.
    And once they find freedom then they're happy.

  • @KiyokaMakibi
    @KiyokaMakibi 5 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    I had no idea it was this tough. I'm exhausted after a few hours in a car, and they ad to do all that? Respect to them. Hope they're doing well.

  • @preshuzmelody
    @preshuzmelody 4 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    i’d love to see their reactions of their “first” everything in seoul- first look at a real metropolis at nighttime with all the flashing lights and screens, first taste of yummy foods that they’ve never even seen before.. first taste of real freedom.. :)

    • @mostafaa_dz
      @mostafaa_dz ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Well, I think that by seeing Bangkok, that already is their “first” experience of seeing a metropolis at night with the skyscrapers and everything

    • @verdiernoyama9681
      @verdiernoyama9681 ปีที่แล้ว

      They ate yummy food 13:54

  • @wesleyy1691
    @wesleyy1691 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    this breaks my heart, i hope they're doing well

  • @Noorman0
    @Noorman0 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    As a refugee I can see & understand the fair and pain in thier eyes no body deserve this

  • @mommynarsissa3168
    @mommynarsissa3168 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    i cried so much i can afford to put my self in their struggle in north korea Lord help them i prayed for it ....

  • @sug_madic6133
    @sug_madic6133 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Im from ph and our neighbor is a north korean defector

  • @94FADE
    @94FADE 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    Wish we could follow up on how the family is doing now.

    • @johncuervo3019
      @johncuervo3019 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Deported

    • @94FADE
      @94FADE 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      john cuervo I’m sorry you got deported

    • @idk-6816
      @idk-6816 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yea i really want to know what happened

  • @karenliz6535
    @karenliz6535 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    My heart!! I got so happy once they got to Thailand. How sad and cruel that they don’t have freedom in their own country. I pray they’re in a better place now

  • @kingstontahau2302
    @kingstontahau2302 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Awww 😥😥my heart goes out to this family and all the people who are living life under a tyrant. The relief and worry the parents would have crossing the river knowing full well that their kids could be caught at any moment. It's a terrifying scene to live out

  • @arnonsiriphap8844
    @arnonsiriphap8844 7 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Watched this in August 2024, when they made it to my country, Thailand, I cried. Live well and prosper, my friends.

  • @JRFrancisco20088
    @JRFrancisco20088 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    Blows my mind they were all willing to choose suicide over being caught and returned to their country. Shows how awful things are there. Puts things in perspective about what's really important in life. Hope they adjusted well.

  • @codyvon.
    @codyvon. ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Many thanks Thailand. Man, that place was a living nightmare.

  • @hotsauce5745
    @hotsauce5745 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    For it being an entire family plus one of their friends this defecting went more successfully than usual.

  • @JaneDoe-ql7sc
    @JaneDoe-ql7sc ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Hope you might have a follow-up; I just was on the edge of my chair this whole time worrying for them, so happy they made it to Thailand! Would love to know how all are today. The young man whose wife & child had abandoned him - I hope he's doing very well & that his wife & child are doing very well, too. But if his wife & child cannot be found, he is very nice looking & compassionate, and he can start fresh with a new wife, & start a new family.

  • @verenamaharajah6082
    @verenamaharajah6082 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    What a sad story. I do hope this family made it to South Korea . It will take many years to recover from all their trauma.

  • @egidefiska
    @egidefiska 6 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    i wish they're doing well till now, even my family doesn't make a lot of money to support our live, but i never felt any starving in my life. such the sadest thing to hear that many people died for a cup of rice.

  • @dianefitzpatrick7774
    @dianefitzpatrick7774 7 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    I suggest you all read "The Orphan Master's Son" then you will know the true misery these people suffer.

    • @chelsielee8694
      @chelsielee8694 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Diane Fitzpatrick that is a good book. It has still stuck with me

  • @LongJohnLiver
    @LongJohnLiver 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Imagine being so oppressed that you think China is a freedom paradise. Damn man.

    • @ngchaiming
      @ngchaiming ปีที่แล้ว

      He wouldn't have the same impression had he seen the United States first. He might not even live to give us a comment since somebody suddenly shot him for being Asian.

  • @jackandreiderecho4050
    @jackandreiderecho4050 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    thank you for filming from start to end!

  • @Afanlynness
    @Afanlynness 7 ปีที่แล้ว +137

    pls subtitles instead of strange accent voice-over !!

    • @maaan8494
      @maaan8494 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      English speaking english

    • @amberrose1108
      @amberrose1108 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@maaan8494 yes but they are speaking another language in the background, it's hard to hear the English.

    • @maaan8494
      @maaan8494 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@amberrose1108 He didnt complain about being able to hear it, he complained about the accent.

    • @zombie5258
      @zombie5258 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Lol,i am having the same problem

  • @Diva_Bella
    @Diva_Bella 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Anyone and any country in the world should accept North Koreans and help them overcome. Its so sad to see how much pain they endured

  • @inezmickel1274
    @inezmickel1274 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Its crazy how compared to the south koreans ... the north korean women are gorgeous...without makeup or anything

    • @phantommah8042
      @phantommah8042 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I thought I was the only one who noticed

    • @raisadonato7704
      @raisadonato7704 9 วันที่ผ่านมา

      There was an old saying
      Beautiful women are from the north amd handsome men are from the south

  • @AlbaDoggy
    @AlbaDoggy 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    I want an update!!! D: i really want to know what happened with this family and if they finally got their freedom!

    • @e.barl0w
      @e.barl0w 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Same😢😂

  • @sadiihassan3907
    @sadiihassan3907 7 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    awe,😢 wish them well

  • @al1vesa
    @al1vesa ปีที่แล้ว +3

    As a vietnamese citizen, i’ve met a nk defector. They were really nice, I hope they are alright.

  • @frametastic
    @frametastic ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thanks all of you and Thailand.

  • @lensworld3576
    @lensworld3576 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    God Bless each person who helped them escape.I hope each one of them is doing great😭💗