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Andrebavila
ARMY OF A LEGENDER ONLY

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SOCIAL MEDIA
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The Yalu River is the border
between China and North Korea.

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And my hometown, a place
where I grew up believing it was utopia,

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is on the border,
right in front of China.

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The night I abandoned
my home country, more than 20 years ago,

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military border guards
were patrolling

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and one of them
he was my friend.

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He was very beautiful

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and I think
that he liked me.

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But at the time, I was too young
to understand.

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I asked my friend to help me
to cross the border.

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The river was
covered in snow,

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white snow
everywhere.

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It was so dark,
but I saw the moon and the stars.

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I never knew who God is,
what is God

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but while I was
crossing the border,

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I looked
to the sky.

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My legs were shaking.

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Somehow,
I prayed.

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I don't know for whom.
I said:

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"Please,
Just help me."

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And I kept walking.

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BEYOND UTOPIA

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<i>This documentary is about
of people trying to escape</i>

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<i>from one of the countries
most dangerous in the world.</i>

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<i>These stories began
few months before</i>

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<i>from the pandemic
isolate the world.</i>

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<i>They are some
of the last known attempts</i>

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<i>desertion
of North Korea.</i>

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<i>Some details
pertinent to the leaks</i>

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<i>were changed
to protect those involved.</i>

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<i>The images in this documentary
were made by the producers,</i>

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<i>by the central people of the film
and agents of the clandestine network.</i>

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<i>There are no recreations.</i>

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SOUTH KOREA
80 km from Seoul city

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PASTOR SEUNGEUN KIM
Caleb Mission Church

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<i>Important person
clandestine network for defectors</i>

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- Hello.
<i>- Hello, Pastor.</i>

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<i>I knew
that seven deserters</i>

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<i>were caught in China
and returned to North Korea.</i>

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Yes. In Shenyang.
They were captured

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because North Korea bugged
in a children's toy.

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Cross the border
from North Korea

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It's not the hardest part,
at the moment.

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As soon as you enter China,
it becomes very dangerous.

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<i>Yes. They have checked
everyone's resident cards.</i>

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But we can't tell people
not to run away.

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<i>Yes. I will try to get in touch
with our network.</i>

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Okay.
Thanks.

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it's right
is China

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and on the left is the river
and North Korea.

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When deserters
cross the river

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immediately need
climb the mountains on the right.

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So this is close
from Changbai Mountain?

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Yes. It's Changbai Mountain.
But look.

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Here is a fence
barbed wire

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and here it is
a military post.

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They stayed
one floor high.

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Now there are two,
for the guards to see further.

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From the highest point,
they can see

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the Yalu River below.

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When Kim Jong-Un
came to power,

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he made desertion
an act of treason.

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After that, the soldiers started
to receive rewards and vacations

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for killing people
who try to escape.

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So now,
they shoot people

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who try to cross
the river.

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And see here.
See this?

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There are cameras installed

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in both directions
along the border.

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We are trying
save lives

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so we need to monitor
the situation at the border.

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Therefore,
We have hidden cameras in the region

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and our people film from China,
by the Yalu and Tumen rivers.

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We also send cameras
into the country.

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How do they do this,
logistically?

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To film inside,
We can't use this one.

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North Korean cell phones
have a memory chip.

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So our people film
inside North Korea

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smuggles the chip and passes it on
to our contacts in China.

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Of course they are taking risks
the lives.

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If they are caught,
their entire family will be killed.

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But to be
as safe as possible,

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we must understand
the situation,

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both the Chinese police

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as for border patrols
North Koreans.

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"Which routes are best?"

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"Where is it safest
cross the river?"

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We need to do
these questions.

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SUBRBES OF SEOUL
South Korea

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SOYEON LEE
North Korean defector

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<i>Activist, Women's Association
of New Korea.</i>

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Shepherd!

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Thank you
for coming.

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Please sit down.

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This is my first time
visiting your church.

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I just talked to you,
in desperation, over the phone.

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- Let's talk about your son.
- Yes.

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The intermediaries contacted me
of North Korea.

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They plan to cross the border
with him

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on the night of the 22nd.

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But honestly, there is strong
surveillance in China at the moment.

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I was asked to do this
with very little advance notice.

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So I want to make sure
that you understand the risks.

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Of course.
I understand.

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And although I'm very worried
because he was captured in China,

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it worries me too
the increase in the level of the Yalu River.

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Yes.
We are monitoring this.

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I will call
to our lead intermediary.

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<i>- Al�.</i>
- Hello, Mr. "Hwang".

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<i>- Yes.</i>
- The boy who runs away from Korea.

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<i>- Yes.</i>
- His mother is here now.

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<i>- Yes.</i>
- How is the level of the Yalu River?

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<i>It's loud
because of the rain.</i>

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- It can't be dangerous for him?
<i>- You can.</i>

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<i>But the North Korean intermediary
I still want to go on the 22nd.</i>

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Already talked
with the border guards?

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<i>Yes. I checked everything
and the car is also ready.</i>

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Right. I would like to ask you
once again:

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The border region
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is extremely dangerous
at this moment.

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<i>Yes.
I've never seen anything like it in 10 years.</i>

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Yes.
Please be careful.

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<i>Of course. If the intermediaries
North Koreans</i>

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<i>deciding that it is safer
postpone the crossing,</i>

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<i>we are ready
to change the date.</i>

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<i>Imagine waking up one day</i>

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realize that you were born
on a totally different planet

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and everything you learned
it was a lie:

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The history of your country
it was very invented;

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everyone around you suffered
very brainwashing;

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and the heroes you worshiped were,
in fact, monstrous villains.

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That sounds like the plot
from a science fiction book

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but it's the insane reality
for North Koreans like me.

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Do you remember something
it made her feel free

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when you were a child?

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There is no religious freedom,

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there is no freedom of thought,
there is no freedom of the press.

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There is only one newspaper, one radio,
a TV station.

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North Korea may be
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which completely prohibits
external transmissions.

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They want deaf and blind people.
This is how the regime stays in power.

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And spy
each other

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it's part of life
in North Korea.

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You can't go from one place to another
without authorization.

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I would call all of North Korea
of prison.

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And it is the furthest country
of the world.

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It is the only communist dynasty,
Confucian and hereditary

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of the world.

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And Kim Jong-Un has been
very busy

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getting rid of any
potential threat.

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Within a year he got rid
From your number two man:

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His uncle, who helped him
to accumulate power.

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He dragged him out
and killed him publicly.

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Then he killed his own half-brother
at a large international airport

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with weapon of destruction
in bulk.

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Then he got rid of about
of 400 high rank.

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Now we are, perhaps,
in the 90th minister of defense.

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- I lost count!
- Senior officers are executed

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with the use
of anti-aircraft weapons.

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If you shoot a human
using artillery

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which is designed
to shoot down planes,

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can you imagine the effect
in the body.

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The only reason to do this
It is because of the fear that will be instilled

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in people who are forced
to join and watch.

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It's been ten years
since I saw my son.

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I was in the army
of North Korea.

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When I left the army,
I was sent to a coal mine.

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Found out we had to dig
with your hands

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because
there were no tools.

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The hunger
it was unbearable.

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I heard that some women
were making money

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smuggling things
from China by river.

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I took my son
 � school

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and planned to cross the river
that night.

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But after school,
he ran up to me in the street.

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I said I would come back
in two nights,

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and would return
with a lot of money

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and cook a lot of food
for him.

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It was almost night
and it was very windy.

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I told him to go home,
for his grandmother.

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That was the last time
that I saw him.

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That night I was arrested
by North Korean soldiers

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while crossing the river.

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After spending two years
in a prison camp

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I was released, but I couldn't
get work

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because my <i>status</i>
it was ruined.

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I couldn't have contact with anyone,
including my son.

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Finally, I decided I needed
desert again.

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I crossed the river again
and managed to arrive in South Korea.

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I'm trying
bring my son to this day,

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but his father
always refused.

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My son is now
aged 17.

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He is
a talented artist

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and I hope you can study here
and go after his dream.

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I bought a lot of clothes
for my son.

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For his safety,

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he needs to look like a South Korean
when traveling in China.

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I don't know what color
my son likes

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so I ended up buying
my favorite colors.

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I bought
these clothes,

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but I wonder
if they will fit in it.

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I don't know
his size.

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I don't know
How tall is he?

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North Korean authorities
they want the people to live

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in constant
state of fear.

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<i>We are doing
a public trial.</i>

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<i>Choi Hyeok,
accounting student</i>

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<i>was caught watching
South Korean films.</i>

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<i>Now he will be judged
for the Party and the people.</i>

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<i>- Do you admit your crime?
- Yes!</i>

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Sometimes,
schools canceled classes

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and students were forced to see
public executions.

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<i>These prisoners helped people
to defect from the country.</i>

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Do you remember how old you were when you saw
Your first public execution?

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Seven years.
When I was seven years old.

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A man was hanged
under a railway bridge.

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<i>The defendant Park Myung-gil
will be executed.</i>

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<i>The defendant Choi Je-yong
will be executed.</i>

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<i>Shoot!</i>

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Victims of extermination, murder,
slavery and torture.

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People whose loved ones
disappeared

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without leaving a trace.

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People who were forced
starving.

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Forced abortions,
sterilization, rape.

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Torture of deserters
that are captured and returned.

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<i>You better tell me the truth,
otherwise I'll kill you.</i>

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The Chinese government
has a hard-line policy of,

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if they find
North Korean refugees,

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they will arrest them,
keep them detained

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and will send them by force,
back to North Korea,

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where will they pass
by investigation, torture,

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and a range
of severe punishments.

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Sometimes people die
during torture

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and there is no recourse
for North Korean citizens

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and for their families
complain about it.

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The United Nations...

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made a 400-page report,
a few years ago, which says:

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"The violation of human rights
from North Korea

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It's something without comparison
in contemporary history."

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The only comparison
that they managed to do

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It's with Nazi Germany.

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SUBRBES OF SEOUL
South Korea

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CALEBE MISSION
Pastor Kim's Church

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- Hello.
<i>- Hello, Pastor.</i>

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- Yes.
<i>- We have five people with no way out</i>

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<i>near the border.</i>

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<i>They all just ran away
of North Korea.</i>

250
00:14:27,529 --> 00:14:32,002
<i>There is an older woman
around 80 years old,</i>

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00:14:32,004 --> 00:14:34,806
<i>her daughter, her son-in-law
and their two daughters.</i>

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<i>Another son and daughter of the elderly woman
have already fled to South Korea.</i>

253
00:14:39,076 --> 00:14:43,468
<i>They are
in a terrible situation.</i>

254
00:14:43,469 --> 00:14:45,842
<i>Can I give you your number?
for the son?</i>

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00:14:45,843 --> 00:14:49,172
Yes.
I'll talk to him.

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00:14:49,174 --> 00:14:52,619
<i>- His name is Wu Hyukchang.</i>
- Got it.

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-Wu Hyukchang?
<i>- Yes.</i>

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<i>Our contact found the family
wandering around Changbai Mountain</i>

259
00:14:58,855 --> 00:15:01,608
<i>and sent me
a video of them.</i>

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00:15:01,609 --> 00:15:05,212
Saving a whole family would be good,
but five can be very difficult.

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<i>Okay, pastor.
I'm sending you the video.</i>

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00:15:08,430 --> 00:15:10,392
Yes.
Thank you.

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<i>After we wandered through the mountains
for five days,</i>

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00:15:12,734 --> 00:15:15,033
<i>fortunately we found
these people.</i>

265
00:15:15,034 --> 00:15:17,291
<i>But there are soldiers
close by</i>

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<i>and we might get caught
at any time.</i>

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<i>Pastor, I beg your help.</i>

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<i>Please</i>

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<i>help us live.</i>

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North Korea borders
with China,

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Russia
and South Korea.

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The border
with South Korea

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contains about 2 million
of landmines

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So most defectors
has no choice,

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except fleeing to China
across a border that stretches

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for more than 1,290 km
along the river.

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But even if they cross,

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defectors still need to travel
thousands of kilometers

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across many countries,
before they are safe.

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Any young woman,
often ends up being sold

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for video sex chat
in China,

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sold
for prostitution

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or sold to single men
in rural areas.

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drugs,
human trafficking.

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Defectors suffer
for real.

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ROH FAMILY
Changbai Mountain, China

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<i>Close to the border
of North Korea.</i>

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Use this.

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00:16:22,815 --> 00:16:25,024
Put this
on the floor.

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- Sit on it.
- Grandma.

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00:16:28,427 --> 00:16:30,370
Mom, it hurts.

292
00:16:35,159 --> 00:16:38,092
You need to eat this
to be able to walk.

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Grandma.

294
00:16:40,810 --> 00:16:43,544
But it can't be sold
an 80 year old grandmother

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00:16:43,545 --> 00:16:45,606
for video chat
or prostitution,

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00:16:45,608 --> 00:16:50,221
and in this case,
husband and wife ran away together

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00:16:50,222 --> 00:16:52,635
and there is also
the small children.

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The truth
is that this family

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has no value
for most traffickers.

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In these cases, intermediaries,
often,

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00:17:01,939 --> 00:17:04,714
get in touch
with Christian organizations and say:

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"We will give you these people
in exchange for money."

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00:17:08,576 --> 00:17:11,112
It has pearl onions
inside here.

304
00:17:11,114 --> 00:17:13,361
ESTHER PARK
Pastor Kim's Wife

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00:17:13,363 --> 00:17:16,039
And I will do
corn pasta.

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00:17:16,414 --> 00:17:19,790
- It's delicious.
- I'm going to boil these...

307
00:17:19,791 --> 00:17:22,285
and do
a delicious broth.

308
00:17:22,345 --> 00:17:26,656
I was contacted about a group
asking for help

309
00:17:26,657 --> 00:17:29,465
but China has many
checkpoints at the moment.

310
00:17:29,466 --> 00:17:31,528
I'm not sure
of what to do.

311
00:17:31,529 --> 00:17:33,320
My eyes!

312
00:17:33,495 --> 00:17:36,012
I need to keep them away.
They are so strong.

313
00:17:36,013 --> 00:17:39,949
You can't just use emotion
when deciding what to do.

314
00:17:39,950 --> 00:17:42,350
I'm not sure
whether it is a good time to act.

315
00:17:42,352 --> 00:17:45,166
Yes. But they will not live,
unless someone helps them.

316
00:17:45,167 --> 00:17:46,993
I will speak
with the church board

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00:17:46,994 --> 00:17:50,713
to see if they approve
financing for the rescue.

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00:17:53,016 --> 00:17:56,674
When I was studying to be a pastor,
for over 22 years,

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my mentor pastor and I

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00:17:58,572 --> 00:18:00,793
we went to China
for missionary work.

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00:18:00,794 --> 00:18:04,606
We were on the other side of the river
of North Korea.

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On my first day,

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I saw several <i>kotjebis</i>
(North Korean homeless children).

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00:18:11,554 --> 00:18:15,577
Before that, I didn't think much
on the North Korean people.

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00:18:15,904 --> 00:18:20,563
That we are the same people,
that we speak the same language.

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00:18:20,807 --> 00:18:23,611
But, seeing those children
who were only 5 and 6 years old

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cross that river of death
to beg for us,

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00:18:27,980 --> 00:18:30,206
broke my heart.

329
00:18:30,207 --> 00:18:32,210
And suddenly,
I thought:

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00:18:32,211 --> 00:18:34,320
"I should try to help
as much as possible."

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00:18:34,321 --> 00:18:37,619
At that time, crossing the border
It wasn't as difficult as it is now

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00:18:37,621 --> 00:18:40,060
and a commander
of the North Korean Army

333
00:18:40,061 --> 00:18:42,595
which later
became my wife,

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00:18:42,596 --> 00:18:44,957
crossed the river
at that time.

335
00:18:44,958 --> 00:18:48,291
Then I met her
at the mission center in China.

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00:18:48,931 --> 00:18:52,057
In North Korea, all men
they were weak and skinny.

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00:18:52,058 --> 00:18:54,393
There were no fat people.

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00:18:54,839 --> 00:18:57,939
So when I saw Pastor Kim,
My first words were:

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00:18:57,941 --> 00:19:00,063
"You are the same
for Kim Jong-Il."

340
00:19:00,064 --> 00:19:02,843
With a big belly
and the same height!

341
00:19:02,910 --> 00:19:06,220
She thought I was like Kim Jong-Il,
the dictator of Korea at the time,

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00:19:06,221 --> 00:19:09,195
because I had a belly
and he was short.

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00:19:09,196 --> 00:19:12,126
We thought that everything
of General Kim Jong-Il was great.

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00:19:12,127 --> 00:19:14,362
The suits
that he used,

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00:19:14,363 --> 00:19:17,527
the fashion he wore.
We loved all of it.

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00:19:17,529 --> 00:19:19,492
When we found
that something was cool,

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00:19:19,493 --> 00:19:21,854
we called
from "Kim Jong-Il".

348
00:19:21,855 --> 00:19:24,863
My wife fell in love with me
and asked me out.

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00:19:24,864 --> 00:19:26,987
Yes.
I fell in love with him.

350
00:19:26,988 --> 00:19:28,909
So to save
my wife

351
00:19:28,911 --> 00:19:31,261
I had to figure out how to take her
 � South Korea.

352
00:19:31,263 --> 00:19:34,714
First, I needed to take her
to a safe country.

353
00:19:34,716 --> 00:19:36,841
I thought
in many possibilities.

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00:19:36,842 --> 00:19:39,659
"I must try to take her
through Mongolia...

355
00:19:40,476 --> 00:19:43,057
Or should I take her
to Thailand,

356
00:19:43,058 --> 00:19:45,355
through Myanmar
and Cambodia?

357
00:19:45,357 --> 00:19:47,825
Or should I try
take a boat

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00:19:47,826 --> 00:19:49,687
and sneak in
in South Korea?"

359
00:19:49,688 --> 00:19:51,846
I investigated everything.

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00:19:52,357 --> 00:19:54,710
And all things
what I learned

361
00:19:54,711 --> 00:19:57,111
when trying to help
my wife

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00:19:57,112 --> 00:20:01,579
opened up opportunities for me to help
many North Korean defectors.

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00:20:02,075 --> 00:20:04,876
In North Korea,
We would never throw this water away.

364
00:20:04,878 --> 00:20:06,879
In fact,
the pasta and the water

365
00:20:06,880 --> 00:20:09,165
would feed a family
for a week.

366
00:20:09,166 --> 00:20:12,916
Thinking about North Korea,
Today I will not throw away the water.

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00:20:12,917 --> 00:20:15,951
I will cool it
and drink it like tea.

368
00:20:17,308 --> 00:20:19,615
NEXT NIGHT
Snack bar under Kim's Church

369
00:20:19,617 --> 00:20:21,856
Hello.
Nice to meet you.

370
00:20:21,989 --> 00:20:24,529
HYUKCHANG WU
Relative of the defector family

371
00:20:24,530 --> 00:20:25,987
Please
sit down.

372
00:20:25,989 --> 00:20:29,258
I don't know much
about your family's situation.

373
00:20:29,259 --> 00:20:31,895
- Can you tell me something about them?
- Yes.

374
00:20:31,896 --> 00:20:34,732
I defected to South Korea
two years ago.

375
00:20:34,733 --> 00:20:37,698
Afterwards, I brought my daughter
and my older sister

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00:20:37,700 --> 00:20:39,845
last November.

377
00:20:39,846 --> 00:20:43,121
But because we deserted,
the North Korean government

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00:20:43,123 --> 00:20:46,110
decided to relocate, by force,
my mother and younger sister.

379
00:20:46,111 --> 00:20:48,836
The word would be "exiles"
but it is not used here.

380
00:20:48,838 --> 00:20:51,774
I understood. It's saying
that his family would be banished.

381
00:20:51,776 --> 00:20:55,195
Yes. Basically,
It's a death sentence.

382
00:20:55,197 --> 00:20:59,247
So they crossed the river
without a plan.

383
00:20:59,248 --> 00:21:02,292
When my older sister found out,
she was very stressed

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00:21:02,293 --> 00:21:04,764
and had a reaction that resulted
in facial paralysis

385
00:21:04,765 --> 00:21:07,119
and now she is hospitalized
in Seoul.

386
00:21:07,120 --> 00:21:10,886
Even though I'm here
with enough to eat,

387
00:21:10,887 --> 00:21:14,410
we feel like we committed a crime
against our family back in Korea.

388
00:21:14,411 --> 00:21:16,636
For them,
dying is the same thing,

389
00:21:16,638 --> 00:21:18,920
whether in North Korea
or running away together.

390
00:21:18,921 --> 00:21:22,199
I understand
your situation

391
00:21:22,294 --> 00:21:24,841
and we will try to rescue
your family.

392
00:21:24,843 --> 00:21:28,894
You said your sister
is in the hospital.

393
00:21:28,895 --> 00:21:32,159
Even though it's late,
Let's drive to Seoul.

394
00:21:32,160 --> 00:21:34,005
Thank you very much.

395
00:21:34,407 --> 00:21:37,905
I got a lot of scars
in my work with deserters,

396
00:21:37,907 --> 00:21:40,707
but I never thought that my health
it would deteriorate so much.

397
00:21:40,709 --> 00:21:43,881
While helping people
crossing the river in winter

398
00:21:43,882 --> 00:21:46,387
I slipped on the ice
and I broke my neck.

399
00:21:46,388 --> 00:21:48,264
I was sure
that he was going to die.

400
00:21:48,265 --> 00:21:50,891
The surgery lasted
nine and a half hours.

401
00:21:50,934 --> 00:21:53,195
Now I have...

402
00:21:53,337 --> 00:21:55,688
seven metal rods
on the neck.

403
00:21:55,689 --> 00:21:58,681
I had neck surgeries,
hip and back.

404
00:21:58,775 --> 00:22:02,695
My wife says
that my appearance is a ten,

405
00:22:02,820 --> 00:22:05,404
but I'm all hurt
inside.

406
00:22:05,536 --> 00:22:07,399
When I was 17,

407
00:22:07,400 --> 00:22:11,203
the security department
North Korean

408
00:22:11,204 --> 00:22:14,488
accused my older brother
of being a South Korean spy.

409
00:22:14,489 --> 00:22:18,603
My brother was never released.
We're sure he's dead.

410
00:22:18,605 --> 00:22:21,556
After that, I didn't get a job.
nowhere in Korea.

411
00:22:21,557 --> 00:22:25,647
I was rejected for being
the brother of a spy.

412
00:22:27,218 --> 00:22:29,976
It's my first time
seeing the night lights of Seoul.

413
00:22:29,978 --> 00:22:31,520
Is it really?

414
00:22:31,808 --> 00:22:33,208
Yes.

415
00:22:37,689 --> 00:22:40,031
NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER
Seoul

416
00:22:41,603 --> 00:22:43,775
Sister!
This is the pastor.

417
00:22:44,109 --> 00:22:46,964
Hello.
Please save our family!

418
00:22:46,966 --> 00:22:49,263
Let's go out
from the hospital.

419
00:22:49,264 --> 00:22:53,264
My contact near the border
is waiting for our call.

420
00:22:53,305 --> 00:22:56,581
- It's very dark.
<i>- Because we are outside.</i>

421
00:22:56,582 --> 00:22:59,119
Can you turn on the flashlight?
Let's go.

422
00:22:59,378 --> 00:23:01,587
- It's great.
- There they are!

423
00:23:01,588 --> 00:23:03,357
<i>Sister, please
help us.</i>

424
00:23:03,358 --> 00:23:05,763
It's a miracle all of you
be alive.

425
00:23:05,765 --> 00:23:08,743
<i>But we will be killed,
if we are sent back.</i>

426
00:23:08,745 --> 00:23:10,471
It's true.

427
00:23:10,472 --> 00:23:13,065
Be captured
on the border...

428
00:23:13,066 --> 00:23:15,309
means death.

429
00:23:15,310 --> 00:23:19,647
We are powerless.
We have no idea what to do.

430
00:23:19,648 --> 00:23:22,364
<i>- I feel like I'm going crazy.</i>
- There's our mother.

431
00:23:22,365 --> 00:23:24,829
Mom, please
be strong.

432
00:23:24,830 --> 00:23:26,390
Hold on, mom.

433
00:23:26,391 --> 00:23:28,801
- Please don't cry.
- We need to hang up.

434
00:23:28,802 --> 00:23:31,174
- It's dangerous to delay.
- Try to stay safe.

435
00:23:31,176 --> 00:23:32,989
<i>Auntie, help us.</i>

436
00:23:32,990 --> 00:23:35,158
I'll try to send someone there
in a few days,

437
00:23:35,160 --> 00:23:37,951
but we need
turn it off now.

438
00:23:41,729 --> 00:23:44,755
SEOUL
South Korea

439
00:23:45,318 --> 00:23:47,585
<i>- Al�?</i>
- Son?

440
00:23:48,621 --> 00:23:50,215
Al�?

441
00:23:51,809 --> 00:23:54,542
Why the intermediary
Isn't it helping?

442
00:24:04,482 --> 00:24:06,723
<i>- Al�?</i>
- Yes, son.

443
00:24:07,770 --> 00:24:10,145
- How have you been?
<i>- Al�?</i>

444
00:24:10,290 --> 00:24:11,800
Al�?

445
00:24:12,786 --> 00:24:14,695
Bad signal.

446
00:24:15,173 --> 00:24:17,184
Can you hear me now?

447
00:24:17,185 --> 00:24:18,776
Can you hear me?

448
00:24:18,777 --> 00:24:20,465
<i>- I can hear you.</i>
- Great.

449
00:24:20,467 --> 00:24:24,724
You will start the journey
in a few days.

450
00:24:24,725 --> 00:24:28,083
<i>- Okay.</i>
- The journey will be very difficult.

451
00:24:29,346 --> 00:24:32,299
<i>Okay. It's a trip
that leads to you, mother.</i>

452
00:24:32,300 --> 00:24:34,900
<i>So I can bear
anything.</i>

453
00:24:35,543 --> 00:24:38,379
- So, do you feel prepared?
<i>- Yes.</i>

454
00:24:39,112 --> 00:24:41,228
<i>But mother,
Try not to worry too much.</i>

455
00:24:41,229 --> 00:24:44,244
Okay.
We'll see you soon, right?

456
00:24:44,479 --> 00:24:46,319
<i>- Yes.
- Yes.</i>

457
00:24:46,321 --> 00:24:48,473
<i>But we better not delay
on the call.</i>

458
00:24:48,474 --> 00:24:49,874
<i>Yes.</i>

459
00:24:49,890 --> 00:24:51,485
Okay.

460
00:25:01,381 --> 00:25:03,711
<i>No cell service
in North Korea</i>

461
00:25:03,712 --> 00:25:05,713
<i>that allows contact
with the outside world</i>

462
00:25:05,714 --> 00:25:08,572
<i>and try something like this
It is highly illegal.</i>

463
00:25:08,573 --> 00:25:10,683
<i>The only way out
to make contact</i>

464
00:25:10,684 --> 00:25:13,202
<i>� find a cell phone signal
from China.</i>

465
00:25:13,203 --> 00:25:15,264
<i>This requires living
near the river</i>

466
00:25:15,265 --> 00:25:17,348
<i>and pay an intermediary
for the service.</i>

467
00:25:17,349 --> 00:25:19,268
<i>Most
of North Koreans</i>

468
00:25:19,269 --> 00:25:22,802
<i>has none
of the two available options.</i>

469
00:25:31,780 --> 00:25:34,181
ROH FAMILY
Changbai Mountain, China

470
00:25:34,182 --> 00:25:36,260
<i>Close to the border
of North Korea</i>

471
00:25:36,261 --> 00:25:39,413
We just found out
that North Korea

472
00:25:39,414 --> 00:25:41,480
contacted China
about my family.

473
00:25:41,481 --> 00:25:44,137
The Chinese police
will search

474
00:25:44,138 --> 00:25:49,103
in areas within a 50 km radius
of the Yalu River.

475
00:25:49,589 --> 00:25:54,061
If anyone finds the five deserters
and report them,

476
00:25:54,063 --> 00:25:57,023
they can receive a reward
of about 15,000 yuan.

477
00:25:57,025 --> 00:25:58,807
In that remote area
from China,

478
00:25:58,808 --> 00:26:01,380
this is equivalent to about
six months' salary.

479
00:26:01,381 --> 00:26:03,681
So if intermediaries
come as a single case,

480
00:26:03,683 --> 00:26:07,296
It is much more profitable to report,
but everyone in our network knows that,

481
00:26:07,298 --> 00:26:09,848
if they report us,
even once,

482
00:26:09,849 --> 00:26:11,573
our relationship ends
forever.

483
00:26:11,574 --> 00:26:14,154
<i>So, anyone
along the route</i>

484
00:26:14,155 --> 00:26:18,492
<i>intermediaries in all countries,
Do they care about deserters?</i>

485
00:26:18,493 --> 00:26:20,263
Not at all.

486
00:26:20,264 --> 00:26:22,576
They don't care
not at all,

487
00:26:22,578 --> 00:26:25,833
because, in the end,
they don't see them as people.

488
00:26:25,834 --> 00:26:28,564
They see them
like money.

489
00:26:29,170 --> 00:26:32,506
Now, we need to get the family out
where is Hyukchang?

490
00:26:32,507 --> 00:26:36,004
and take it higher
from Changbai Mountain.

491
00:26:37,323 --> 00:26:39,667
Intermediate:
<i>Let's go.</i>

492
00:26:45,751 --> 00:26:47,401
My foot!
It hurts!

493
00:26:47,403 --> 00:26:48,930
Are you okay?

494
00:26:49,343 --> 00:26:52,090
- She's bleeding.
- All good. You can handle it.

495
00:26:52,092 --> 00:26:53,784
Let's persist
and continue.

496
00:26:53,785 --> 00:26:56,093
My leg
it hurts a lot.

497
00:26:56,328 --> 00:26:58,722
I know it's hard,
but hold on.

498
00:26:59,120 --> 00:27:01,875
North Korea started
monitoring my family

499
00:27:01,876 --> 00:27:04,304
right after
I desert.

500
00:27:04,305 --> 00:27:07,173
They were watched by neighbors,
by the local popular unit

501
00:27:07,174 --> 00:27:08,896
and security agents
of the state.

502
00:27:08,897 --> 00:27:11,670
We never imagined
that they would be able to escape.

503
00:27:11,671 --> 00:27:15,656
The children were monitored
even by teachers at school.

504
00:27:15,658 --> 00:27:18,788
So last month,
North Korea decided to ban

505
00:27:18,789 --> 00:27:21,373
everyone who has family
who deserted.

506
00:27:21,374 --> 00:27:25,249
We found out that my mother
and my sister were on that list.

507
00:27:25,734 --> 00:27:28,634
September 13th was Chuseok Day
(Korean Thanksgiving),

508
00:27:28,636 --> 00:27:31,579
one day
in which the North Koreans

509
00:27:31,580 --> 00:27:34,585
visit their ancestors
in the mountains.

510
00:27:34,587 --> 00:27:37,140
Even security officers
go to the mountains,

511
00:27:37,141 --> 00:27:39,230
then monitoring
is loosened.

512
00:27:39,231 --> 00:27:42,786
My mother, my sister,
my brother-in-law and their daughters

513
00:27:42,787 --> 00:27:46,495
held a memorial
on the mountain.

514
00:27:47,688 --> 00:27:50,849
After carrying out
ancestral rites

515
00:27:51,047 --> 00:27:54,206
our family fled,
without going back.

516
00:28:15,279 --> 00:28:17,527
When I was young,
we never learned much

517
00:28:17,529 --> 00:28:19,027
about the outside world,

518
00:28:19,028 --> 00:28:23,464
except that the USA, South Korea
and Japan are the enemies.

519
00:28:23,936 --> 00:28:26,672
In 1910, the Japanese empire
expanding

520
00:28:26,673 --> 00:28:29,548
colonized what was, until then,
a unified Korea.

521
00:28:29,549 --> 00:28:32,076
It was a colonization
quite violent.

522
00:28:32,077 --> 00:28:35,500
Over the next 35 years,
Korean culture and language

523
00:28:35,501 --> 00:28:37,194
were almost eradicated.

524
00:28:37,195 --> 00:28:40,195
At the end of World War II,
when Japan surrendered,

525
00:28:40,197 --> 00:28:42,547
they lost the empire
that they were building.

526
00:28:42,549 --> 00:28:46,040
<i>Let us pray for peace now
restored to the world.</i>

527
00:28:46,041 --> 00:28:48,792
Part of the agreement
was for Korea to be divided.

528
00:28:48,793 --> 00:28:52,438
<i>The 38th parallel divided the area
US Army</i>

529
00:28:52,439 --> 00:28:54,056
<i>Soviet forces.</i>

530
00:28:54,057 --> 00:28:57,237
The idea was that Korea,
Soon, it would come together again

531
00:28:57,238 --> 00:28:59,703
and they would have control
about the country itself.

532
00:28:59,704 --> 00:29:02,704
Meanwhile, the South held
public elections,

533
00:29:02,705 --> 00:29:05,948
and US-educated Syngman Rhee,
became the first president

534
00:29:05,949 --> 00:29:08,051
of what would become
South Korea.

535
00:29:08,052 --> 00:29:10,915
But in the North,
Stalin decided to look for

536
00:29:10,916 --> 00:29:14,304
a Soviet sympathizer
as temporary leader

537
00:29:14,305 --> 00:29:16,877
what would become
North Korea.

538
00:29:16,878 --> 00:29:19,636
And it's here
where Kim Il-Sung enters.

539
00:29:19,788 --> 00:29:23,186
Kim Il-Sung was born
in Korea in 1912,

540
00:29:23,187 --> 00:29:26,327
two years after the Japanese
occupy the country.

541
00:29:26,512 --> 00:29:29,984
His parents were very involved
in anti-Japanese activities,

542
00:29:29,985 --> 00:29:32,227
and when he was just
eight years,

543
00:29:32,228 --> 00:29:34,805
his family moved
to Manchuria.

544
00:29:35,673 --> 00:29:38,265
Kim Il-Sung entered
in the Communist Party in China,

545
00:29:38,266 --> 00:29:41,569
and ended up fighting
on the side of the Soviet Union

546
00:29:41,570 --> 00:29:43,436
during
the Second War.

547
00:29:43,437 --> 00:29:47,363
Stalin heard about Kim Il-Sung
because of his reputation

548
00:29:47,364 --> 00:29:51,195
as leader of several
anti-Japanese guerrilla groups.

549
00:29:51,603 --> 00:29:53,790
When Stalin took him
to Pyongyang,

550
00:29:53,791 --> 00:29:56,253
Kim Il-Sung didn't even know
speak Korean well.

551
00:29:56,254 --> 00:29:59,473
In fact, the speeches needed
be translated into Korean

552
00:29:59,474 --> 00:30:02,530
and rehearsed by him,
because, basically,

553
00:30:02,531 --> 00:30:05,621
he spoke Chinese
since the age of eight.

554
00:30:05,983 --> 00:30:08,341
Kim Il-Sung
had the dream

555
00:30:08,342 --> 00:30:10,715
to reunify the Koreas
under communism.

556
00:30:10,716 --> 00:30:14,373
<i>American imperialists
divided our nation.</i>

557
00:30:14,477 --> 00:30:16,903
Expanding
guerrilla contacts,

558
00:30:16,904 --> 00:30:18,650
he set up
an army

559
00:30:18,651 --> 00:30:21,157
and, at a certain point,
got support

560
00:30:21,158 --> 00:30:23,173
of Stalin and Mao.

561
00:30:23,613 --> 00:30:25,191
<i>Sunday,
June 25,</i>

562
00:30:25,192 --> 00:30:28,251
<i>communist forces attacked
the Republic of Korea.</i>

563
00:30:28,332 --> 00:30:31,434
The attack was so sudden
and so strong

564
00:30:31,435 --> 00:30:35,366
that, quickly, South Korea
was taken almost entirely.

565
00:30:35,367 --> 00:30:39,038
In truth,
just a small pocket in the south

566
00:30:39,040 --> 00:30:40,937
was not claimed
by the North.

567
00:30:40,938 --> 00:30:43,300
<i>An act of aggression
like this</i>

568
00:30:43,301 --> 00:30:46,246
<i>must be answered
with a defense of the entire world.</i>

569
00:30:46,247 --> 00:30:50,269
And a UN force
with soldiers from 21 countries

570
00:30:50,270 --> 00:30:52,021
entered the war.

571
00:30:52,160 --> 00:30:55,657
What happened
It was a brutal three-year war,

572
00:30:55,658 --> 00:30:57,777
almost 5 million died.

573
00:30:57,778 --> 00:30:59,727
Half were civilians.

574
00:30:59,728 --> 00:31:03,496
South Korea only
lost a million civilians.

575
00:31:03,497 --> 00:31:06,764
The US used a third of the bombs,
in North Korea,

576
00:31:06,765 --> 00:31:09,034
that were used
in the Second War.

577
00:31:09,035 --> 00:31:12,191
And in the end,
nothing was achieved.

578
00:31:12,614 --> 00:31:14,869
In July 1953,

579
00:31:14,871 --> 00:31:16,625
an armistice
was signed,

580
00:31:16,626 --> 00:31:19,354
and a ceasefire
was established.

581
00:31:19,355 --> 00:31:22,159
But technically speaking,
the war never ended,

582
00:31:22,160 --> 00:31:25,361
and its ramifications
exist to this day.

583
00:31:26,426 --> 00:31:30,089
<i>Eliminate the bad guys
damn-americans.</i>

584
00:31:30,253 --> 00:31:33,925
<i>Eliminate enemies,
the American jackals.</i>

585
00:31:33,926 --> 00:31:36,722
<i>Eliminate them all.</i>

586
00:31:37,186 --> 00:31:41,225
In North Korea,
we don't have the word "American".

587
00:31:41,226 --> 00:31:43,710
We only have
"damn-american".

588
00:31:43,711 --> 00:31:46,663
As if it were one word:
"Damn-American".

589
00:31:46,664 --> 00:31:48,697
So in mathematics
There are questions like:

590
00:31:48,698 --> 00:31:51,418
"Here you see
five damn Americans.

591
00:31:51,419 --> 00:31:53,536
The North Korean military
killed two.

592
00:31:53,538 --> 00:31:55,954
So how many damn Americans
left?

593
00:31:55,955 --> 00:31:57,961
<b>Three damn Americans
left."</b>

594
00:31:57,962 --> 00:32:00,917
We learned that Americans
started the Korean War

595
00:32:00,918 --> 00:32:03,209
and that they like
of killing people.

596
00:32:03,210 --> 00:32:06,313
<i>The damned enemies
American imperialists</i>

597
00:32:06,315 --> 00:32:08,531
<i>they are like jackals
that prey on good animals.</i>

598
00:32:08,532 --> 00:32:10,963
<i>The damned are beasts,
and not humans.</i>

599
00:32:10,964 --> 00:32:14,440
The regime told us that all
Human scum lives in the USA.

600
00:32:14,441 --> 00:32:17,360
So I couldn't imagine
that there were normal humans

601
00:32:17,362 --> 00:32:19,417
wearing normal clothes.

602
00:32:19,418 --> 00:32:22,149
<i>Let's put it to music
the story we learned</i>

603
00:32:22,150 --> 00:32:24,239
<i>and dance together.</i>

604
00:32:24,240 --> 00:32:26,822
<i>Damn Americans
that crawled</i>

605
00:32:26,823 --> 00:32:29,394
<i>to South Korea.</i>

606
00:32:29,395 --> 00:32:31,989
<i>Get out, get out!</i>

607
00:32:31,990 --> 00:32:34,235
<i>Leave now!</i>

608
00:32:34,418 --> 00:32:37,476
<i>Seoul-based producer
for production in New York:</i>

609
00:32:37,478 --> 00:32:39,249
<i>Very sad news.</i>

610
00:32:39,250 --> 00:32:42,002
<i>Our team lost contact
with Soyeon</i>'s son

611
00:32:42,003 --> 00:32:44,008
<i>after he enters
in China.</i>

612
00:32:44,009 --> 00:32:47,209
<i>The North Korean go-between and he
crossed the Yalu two days ago,</i>

613
00:32:47,211 --> 00:32:49,411
<i>without informing the team
by Pastor Kim</i>

614
00:32:49,412 --> 00:32:52,879
<i>and a colleague from the intermediary
handed him over to the police.</i>

615
00:32:52,880 --> 00:32:55,765
<i>The North Korean intermediary
said the boy</i>

616
00:32:55,766 --> 00:32:59,033
<i>I wanted to convince my mother to come back
 � North Korea with him.</i>

617
00:32:59,034 --> 00:33:02,355
<i>So it's possible he just wanted
be with mom,</i>

618
00:33:02,356 --> 00:33:04,492
<i>but I didn't want to desert.</i>

619
00:33:04,494 --> 00:33:07,844
<i>Pastor Kim's team has tried
bribe the local Chinese police,</i>

620
00:33:07,846 --> 00:33:10,459
<i>but, if the national police
already know about the case,</i>

621
00:33:10,461 --> 00:33:12,450
<i>could be
too late.</i>

622
00:33:12,451 --> 00:33:16,028
<i>This means that the boy
should be sent back to Korea.</i>

623
00:33:16,029 --> 00:33:17,996
<i>I received a call</i>

624
00:33:17,997 --> 00:33:20,658
<i>informing that the police
North Korean security system</i>

625
00:33:20,659 --> 00:33:23,514
<i>got in touch
with the Chinese government</i>

626
00:33:23,515 --> 00:33:27,648
<i>and demanded that my son be
sent back to North Korea.</i>

627
00:33:28,634 --> 00:33:31,011
<i>In the middle of the night.</i>

628
00:33:32,186 --> 00:33:34,566
<i>When they
contacted me,</i>

629
00:33:34,702 --> 00:33:37,059
<i>I said
that they were lying.</i>

630
00:33:37,061 --> 00:33:38,865
<i>How can...</i>

631
00:33:41,130 --> 00:33:44,521
<i>In North Korea,
they will go so far as to kill you.</i>

632
00:33:44,522 --> 00:33:48,241
<i>At some point, my son will beg
to end his life.</i>

633
00:33:48,242 --> 00:33:51,171
<i>I know that,
because I was beaten like that.</i>

634
00:33:51,172 --> 00:33:53,896
<i>They will beat you
for days and days</i>

635
00:33:53,897 --> 00:33:56,281
<i>and force him to say
who was going to South Korea.</i>

636
00:33:56,282 --> 00:33:58,107
<i>If he confesses
what they want,</i>

637
00:33:58,108 --> 00:34:00,895
<i>will be sent to the field
of concentration, Kwan-li-so.</i>

638
00:34:00,897 --> 00:34:04,504
<i>And then,
it will be the end for him.</i>

639
00:34:05,339 --> 00:34:07,764
<i>I've been thinking
to kill me,</i>

640
00:34:07,766 --> 00:34:10,532
<i>but I realize that I need
stay strong</i>

641
00:34:10,533 --> 00:34:13,363
<i>to save
my son.</i>

642
00:34:13,401 --> 00:34:16,058
<i>Who else
will save him?</i>

643
00:34:18,502 --> 00:34:21,468
<i>To save
my son,</i>

644
00:34:21,616 --> 00:34:24,715
<i>I decided to hire intermediaries
inside North Korea.</i>

645
00:34:24,717 --> 00:34:29,129
<i>I will try to save my son,
whatever it takes.</i>

646
00:34:30,902 --> 00:34:33,484
CHEONG
<i>Son of Soyeon</i>

647
00:34:33,486 --> 00:34:37,686
<i>after crossing the river to China,
two hours before being arrested.</i>

648
00:34:47,286 --> 00:34:49,503
<i>Pastor Kim on the phone
with producers.</i>

649
00:34:49,505 --> 00:34:51,358
<i>Our goal now</i>

650
00:34:51,359 --> 00:34:54,059
<i>is making the family
leave China as soon as possible.</i>

651
00:34:54,061 --> 00:34:57,270
<i>If they are captured</i>

652
00:34:57,271 --> 00:34:59,796
<i>we won't be able to
recover emotionally</i>

653
00:34:59,797 --> 00:35:01,998
<i>of a loss
so immense.</i>

654
00:35:02,350 --> 00:35:04,179
Stop for a moment.

655
00:35:04,449 --> 00:35:07,131
She was scratched
in the face.

656
00:35:10,024 --> 00:35:11,672
Is it hurting?

657
00:35:15,780 --> 00:35:17,322
Keep it that way.

658
00:35:17,323 --> 00:35:19,731
<i>Time is critical,
right now.</i>

659
00:35:19,932 --> 00:35:23,552
<i>The family will be rescued
around 11pm tomorrow.</i>

660
00:35:24,949 --> 00:35:27,016
<i>Changbai Mountain
to Shenyang</i>

661
00:35:27,018 --> 00:35:29,057
<i>it has even become
more dangerous now</i>

662
00:35:29,058 --> 00:35:31,105
<i>mainly...</i>

663
00:35:31,367 --> 00:35:34,405
<i>with this number
of deserters.</i>

664
00:35:35,144 --> 00:35:38,816
<i>So we bribe
a Chinese police officer from our network</i>

665
00:35:38,818 --> 00:35:42,298
<i>and the family will travel
in a police car</i>

666
00:35:42,450 --> 00:35:44,989
<i>to Qingdao.</i>

667
00:35:48,536 --> 00:35:51,891
<i>Hyukchang will find
his family in Qingdao.</i>

668
00:35:51,892 --> 00:35:55,470
<i>Two days later, you and I
we will fly to Vietnam.</i>

669
00:35:58,143 --> 00:36:00,847
<i>Let's find them
in Vietnam</i>

670
00:36:00,848 --> 00:36:03,042
<i>and then we will
It borders Laos.</i>

671
00:36:03,043 --> 00:36:06,637
<i>Next we will try to enter
illegally in Laos.</i>

672
00:36:06,638 --> 00:36:09,924
<i>Through the jungle, on foot
and at night.</i>

673
00:36:10,620 --> 00:36:13,832
<i>Remember:
the family will not be safe</i>

674
00:36:13,833 --> 00:36:16,715
<i>not even in Vietnam
nor in Laos.</i>

675
00:36:16,716 --> 00:36:19,230
<i>For them
stay safe</i>

676
00:36:19,511 --> 00:36:22,511
<i>we need to take them
to Thailand.</i>

677
00:36:23,186 --> 00:36:25,396
CHANGBAI MOUNTAIN
China

678
00:36:25,397 --> 00:36:28,748
<i>Meeting point
to begin the journey.</i>

679
00:36:30,021 --> 00:36:32,253
<i>- Al�.
- Yes. Hello.</i>

680
00:36:32,254 --> 00:36:35,108
<i>You will begin to cross China
in three hours.</i>

681
00:36:35,109 --> 00:36:37,336
- Right.
<i>- They need to know that...</i>

682
00:36:37,337 --> 00:36:41,031
<i>some deserters were captured
in China three days ago.</i>

683
00:36:41,032 --> 00:36:42,989
<i>So the risks exist.</i>

684
00:36:42,991 --> 00:36:46,202
- I understand. We appreciate your help.
- I feel like I'm dreaming.

685
00:36:46,203 --> 00:36:49,030
<i>- Bye.</i>
- They will arrive shortly.

686
00:36:49,557 --> 00:36:53,077
I'm so grateful.
In the 80 years of my life...

687
00:36:53,078 --> 00:36:55,328
I can't describe
how grateful I am.

688
00:36:55,330 --> 00:36:57,323
Mom, let's go.
Get ready.

689
00:36:57,324 --> 00:36:59,708
- Let's not walk, okay, mom?
- No.

690
00:36:59,709 --> 00:37:01,916
They come to get us.

691
00:37:02,470 --> 00:37:04,998
Pay attention if you can hear
car noise.

692
00:37:05,000 --> 00:37:07,530
- We have to go this way.
- Hurry.

693
00:37:09,766 --> 00:37:11,580
When I was a child,

694
00:37:11,582 --> 00:37:14,449
we had economic support
of the Soviet Union.

695
00:37:15,316 --> 00:37:18,032
The North Korean government
distribute rations.

696
00:37:18,033 --> 00:37:20,847
Eggs, sweets, snacks.
Everything was given to families.

697
00:37:20,848 --> 00:37:22,763
For a while,
the North Korean economy

698
00:37:22,764 --> 00:37:25,049
it was better
even than that of China,

699
00:37:25,050 --> 00:37:27,062
maybe better
than that of South Korea.

700
00:37:27,063 --> 00:37:30,598
And people pointed and said:
"See. Communism really works."

701
00:37:30,599 --> 00:37:32,787
But everything was sustained
artificially

702
00:37:32,788 --> 00:37:35,459
by the Soviet Union
and the Eastern Bloc,

703
00:37:35,460 --> 00:37:37,420
and, when they collapsed,

704
00:37:37,421 --> 00:37:40,490
North Korea entered
in a free fall.

705
00:37:40,948 --> 00:37:43,889
In 1994,
after Kim Il-Sung died,

706
00:37:43,890 --> 00:37:47,253
Kim Jong-Il made it his priority
weapons of mass destruction.

707
00:37:47,254 --> 00:37:51,510
This policy prioritized
nuclear weapons above all,

708
00:37:51,511 --> 00:37:54,217
including the people
of North Korea.

709
00:37:55,473 --> 00:38:00,323
Society just collapsed
and, around 1994, 1995...

710
00:38:00,324 --> 00:38:03,154
I started to see
people dying in the street.

711
00:38:04,965 --> 00:38:08,072
People were desperate
to escape the country.

712
00:38:08,073 --> 00:38:11,134
But in some places,
the current is so strong

713
00:38:11,136 --> 00:38:16,102
that sometimes I saw dead bodies
floating down the river,

714
00:38:16,527 --> 00:38:19,051
mainly,
early in the morning.

715
00:38:19,669 --> 00:38:22,591
The North Korean regime
will never show the real data,

716
00:38:22,593 --> 00:38:26,721
but the outside world esteems
that up to three million people

717
00:38:26,722 --> 00:38:29,008
died
during famine.

718
00:38:29,582 --> 00:38:33,805
To this day, the regime is more concerned
with the nuclear program

719
00:38:33,806 --> 00:38:35,796
than with the people.

720
00:38:35,797 --> 00:38:38,602
STATE TELEVISION
NORTH KOREAN

721
00:38:39,817 --> 00:38:43,496
<i>Our armed forces
revolutionaries will unleash</i>

722
00:38:43,497 --> 00:38:47,090
<i>an annihilating blow
unpredictable and inevitable.</i>

723
00:38:47,092 --> 00:38:49,564
<i>Our dear people...</i>

724
00:38:49,565 --> 00:38:52,650
<i>I needed to tighten my seat belts
and face tremendous difficulties.</i>

725
00:38:52,651 --> 00:38:55,032
<i>This has been the way
for greater victory.</i>

726
00:38:55,034 --> 00:38:57,447
<i>We can never give up
of nuclear weapons.</i>

727
00:38:57,448 --> 00:39:01,537
Kim Jong-Un needs something
to protect yourself from being knocked down.

728
00:39:01,538 --> 00:39:03,615
They saw Iraq,
they saw Libya,

729
00:39:03,616 --> 00:39:06,038
saw that Gaddafi gave up
of his weapons

730
00:39:06,039 --> 00:39:09,418
and was horribly murdered
by the people themselves

731
00:39:09,419 --> 00:39:10,879
with support
of the West.

732
00:39:10,880 --> 00:39:13,933
These scenes must be terrifying
for North Koreans.

733
00:39:13,934 --> 00:39:16,825
<i>We are ready
for a military confrontation</i>

734
00:39:16,826 --> 00:39:19,285
<i>against the United States.</i>

735
00:39:19,286 --> 00:39:21,987
I see these nuclear weapons
and missiles as a symptom

736
00:39:21,988 --> 00:39:23,825
than isolated,

737
00:39:23,826 --> 00:39:27,740
threatening and threatened
the North Korean government feels.

738
00:39:27,742 --> 00:39:31,134
<i>The USA
They are brutal criminals.</i>

739
00:39:31,214 --> 00:39:34,023
STATE TELEVISION
NORTH KOREAN

740
00:39:34,314 --> 00:39:36,836
The North Korean people
It's the pawn

741
00:39:36,837 --> 00:39:39,735
in this political game
that the regime is playing.

742
00:39:39,762 --> 00:39:42,767
SEOUL
South Korea

743
00:39:43,638 --> 00:39:45,294
<i>Apartment
Hyukchang</i>'s

744
00:39:45,295 --> 00:39:47,145
When in the van
with your family,

745
00:39:47,147 --> 00:39:49,135
It's important
what a great film.

746
00:39:49,136 --> 00:39:52,606
If you are sitting behind them,
Don't just film the back of the head.

747
00:39:52,607 --> 00:39:56,295
Record them in the reflection
from the car window.

748
00:39:56,296 --> 00:40:00,169
Record from different angles:
front, side.

749
00:40:00,170 --> 00:40:02,505
As soon as we arrive
in Vietnam,

750
00:40:02,506 --> 00:40:04,786
the film crew
you can film again.

751
00:40:04,787 --> 00:40:07,687
I just need to film in China,
as it is not safe for family,

752
00:40:07,689 --> 00:40:10,511
if the producers are with them
in China.

753
00:40:10,512 --> 00:40:12,616
He's packing clothes
for the kids!

754
00:40:12,618 --> 00:40:15,642
We haven't left yet
and I'm already so nervous.

755
00:40:17,202 --> 00:40:19,377
Change this
at the airport.

756
00:40:20,611 --> 00:40:23,262
My daughter told me to look like
South Korean in China.

757
00:40:23,263 --> 00:40:26,422
- It's true.
- So I bought new clothes

758
00:40:26,423 --> 00:40:28,238
for the first time here.

759
00:40:28,240 --> 00:40:30,949
We better go.
It's already more than 5pm.

760
00:40:30,950 --> 00:40:33,133
We will
in my car.

761
00:40:34,690 --> 00:40:37,274
I look like
a South Korean?

762
00:40:37,275 --> 00:40:38,887
It is.

763
00:40:39,470 --> 00:40:42,563
INCHEON AIRPORT
Seoul, South Korea

764
00:41:01,071 --> 00:41:04,420
SHENYANG, CHINA

765
00:41:15,798 --> 00:41:18,945
Security in China is
heavier than I expected.

766
00:41:18,947 --> 00:41:21,397
At train stations, airports
and service areas

767
00:41:21,399 --> 00:41:24,649
they check at entry and exit
of vehicles.

768
00:41:24,715 --> 00:41:26,498
They use
a machine

769
00:41:26,499 --> 00:41:29,659
to check, in detail,
identification cards.

770
00:41:30,697 --> 00:41:33,100
There's so much surveillance
that I start to worry

771
00:41:33,101 --> 00:41:35,713
that my family
may have a problem.

772
00:41:35,800 --> 00:41:38,857
QINGDAO BUS STATION
Family meeting point

773
00:41:38,858 --> 00:41:40,609
Police and soldiers
all over

774
00:41:40,611 --> 00:41:44,078
and appear to be on maximum alert.
I'm very scared.

775
00:41:44,079 --> 00:41:46,079
<i>Progress
from the Roh family</i>

776
00:41:46,081 --> 00:41:49,296
QINGDAO:<i>where Hyukchang
hopes to meet the family</i>

777
00:41:49,298 --> 00:41:52,300
SEOUL
South Korea

778
00:41:52,609 --> 00:41:55,763
<i>10 days after the child is repatriated
to North Korea,</i>

779
00:41:55,764 --> 00:41:58,893
<i>Soyeon has no information
where he was taken.</i>

780
00:41:58,895 --> 00:42:02,095
I can't believe it
that my mother didn't call me.

781
00:42:02,144 --> 00:42:04,720
<i>No one seems to know
where is he,</i>

782
00:42:04,840 --> 00:42:06,649
<i>so your mother...</i>

783
00:42:06,650 --> 00:42:09,046
<i>must also be
waiting for news.</i>

784
00:42:09,047 --> 00:42:12,946
But someone needs, immediately,
bribe the security police.

785
00:42:12,947 --> 00:42:16,436
He may be dying,
as far as we know.

786
00:42:16,684 --> 00:42:20,551
If we don't contact someone soon,
We all deserve to die.

787
00:42:20,877 --> 00:42:24,533
I can't stand not knowing
what's happening to him.

788
00:42:24,534 --> 00:42:28,795
<i>My guess is that they are increasing,
slowly, the intensity of the spanking.</i>

789
00:42:28,796 --> 00:42:31,070
- You're right.
<i>- We need to keep faith</i>

790
00:42:31,071 --> 00:42:33,869
<i>may he be able to stand firm
under torture.</i>

791
00:42:33,870 --> 00:42:35,465
Yes.

792
00:42:37,717 --> 00:42:39,645
I'm so anxious.

793
00:42:40,924 --> 00:42:43,059
Thank you
for trying to help.

794
00:42:49,900 --> 00:42:52,987
We don't understand
Why can't we have...

795
00:42:53,186 --> 00:42:55,154
no news
about him.

796
00:42:55,155 --> 00:42:57,893
The family should
have been warned.

797
00:42:57,894 --> 00:43:02,672
There are two types of fields
of political prisoners there.

798
00:43:02,673 --> 00:43:06,082
One of them is a closed gulag
where you can never leave.

799
00:43:06,083 --> 00:43:09,794
In the other, if you survive the sentence,
may be released.

800
00:43:09,795 --> 00:43:11,881
But if it was sent
for the second,

801
00:43:11,882 --> 00:43:14,346
my mother should
have been informed.

802
00:43:14,347 --> 00:43:16,671
I'm committed
to discover

803
00:43:16,672 --> 00:43:19,747
where he really is.

804
00:43:19,942 --> 00:43:22,882
The best case
is to be condemned...

805
00:43:23,014 --> 00:43:26,271
to a forced labor camp
or the correction center.

806
00:43:26,272 --> 00:43:29,397
The worst case
is execution

807
00:43:29,686 --> 00:43:33,320
or be sent to a gulag,
because your life ends there.

808
00:43:35,467 --> 00:43:38,467
GULAG
North Korea

809
00:43:39,825 --> 00:43:42,839
They arrested me
and they called me a spy.

810
00:43:42,840 --> 00:43:44,945
I was not a spy.
Not really.

811
00:43:44,946 --> 00:43:47,241
I was tortured
and interrogated.

812
00:43:47,435 --> 00:43:51,020
I weighed 76 kg
when I was arrested.

813
00:43:51,021 --> 00:43:53,195
After 9 months
of torture

814
00:43:53,637 --> 00:43:55,661
I was weighing 35 kg.

815
00:43:55,662 --> 00:43:57,559
I couldn't load
my body.

816
00:43:57,560 --> 00:44:00,454
When I walked, I needed
lean against the wall for support.

817
00:44:00,455 --> 00:44:03,004
I ended up confessing
who was a spy.

818
00:44:03,265 --> 00:44:06,801
There was no trial.
They just took me somewhere.

819
00:44:06,970 --> 00:44:11,077
That place was the field
of political concentration Yodok.

820
00:44:11,079 --> 00:44:12,565
GULAG No. 15
Yodok

821
00:44:12,566 --> 00:44:16,057
Everyone in the camp was accused
of crimes against the regime.

822
00:44:16,059 --> 00:44:18,856
Many were there
just for criticizing the regime

823
00:44:18,902 --> 00:44:22,010
or because they were found
with a Bible.

824
00:44:22,011 --> 00:44:24,100
One person
was there...

825
00:44:24,422 --> 00:44:28,355
because he tore off a piece of his face
by Kim Jong-Il in a newspaper

826
00:44:28,874 --> 00:44:32,302
and used the paper
to roll a cigarette.

827
00:44:32,337 --> 00:44:35,804
HIDDEN CAMERA
Gulag No. 7

828
00:44:35,966 --> 00:44:38,101
We received order
to climb the mountain

829
00:44:38,102 --> 00:44:39,995
with just
an axe.

830
00:44:40,123 --> 00:44:42,076
We had
that cut down trees

831
00:44:42,077 --> 00:44:45,763
4 m wide
and 40 m high.

832
00:44:45,765 --> 00:44:47,653
Logs came down
down the hill,

833
00:44:47,654 --> 00:44:51,113
reaching people
that were rising.

834
00:44:51,114 --> 00:44:54,930
Legs and arms broke
and intestines leaked from the wounds

835
00:44:54,931 --> 00:44:57,616
but they still
they stayed alive.

836
00:44:57,617 --> 00:45:01,791
You could hear them breathing
and moaning in the night.

837
00:45:01,903 --> 00:45:05,493
When the bodies decomposed,
they merged.

838
00:45:05,494 --> 00:45:07,810
It didn't work
to separate them.

839
00:45:07,812 --> 00:45:10,794
If he tried his arm,
he let go.

840
00:45:10,795 --> 00:45:12,494
The legs fall...

841
00:45:12,710 --> 00:45:14,669
and the head falls.

842
00:45:14,670 --> 00:45:18,161
We needed to remove them like trash
in a hand cart

843
00:45:18,162 --> 00:45:20,493
and bury them
in a hole in the ground.

844
00:45:20,635 --> 00:45:23,587
It's impossible to erase this
of my mind.

845
00:45:33,088 --> 00:45:36,023
QINGDAO, CHINA

846
00:45:47,074 --> 00:45:50,113
<i>Parking nearby
from Qingdao bus station</i>

847
00:45:52,188 --> 00:45:54,693
<i>Intermediate #1</i>

848
00:45:55,321 --> 00:45:57,935
<i>Hyukchang</i>

849
00:45:59,777 --> 00:46:02,684
<i>Intermediate #2</i>

850
00:46:03,769 --> 00:46:07,861
Intermediate #3: <i>defectors
need to walk normally!</i>

851
00:46:10,913 --> 00:46:13,826
Intermediate #4:
<i>make them come in quickly.</i>

852
00:46:17,380 --> 00:46:19,085
Let's go.

853
00:46:29,252 --> 00:46:31,448
Stay tuned.
We are in the middle of China.

854
00:46:31,450 --> 00:46:34,415
Thanks for all the help
that we are receiving.

855
00:46:34,416 --> 00:46:36,059
Thank you all.

856
00:46:36,060 --> 00:46:37,683
Our clothes
were destroyed,

857
00:46:37,685 --> 00:46:40,254
but farmers and middlemen
they gave us news.

858
00:46:40,255 --> 00:46:41,976
I'm speechless.

859
00:46:41,977 --> 00:46:43,954
We need to go.

860
00:46:55,228 --> 00:46:57,794
SEOUL
South Korea

861
00:46:57,796 --> 00:46:59,951
<i>Apartment
from Hyukchang</i>'s sister

862
00:46:59,953 --> 00:47:03,321
The producers and I will fly
to Vietnam tomorrow night

863
00:47:03,322 --> 00:47:05,608
and we will arrive
around midnight.

864
00:47:05,610 --> 00:47:07,949
We will see your family
the next day.

865
00:47:07,950 --> 00:47:10,008
We won't stop
for a long time,

866
00:47:10,009 --> 00:47:12,178
because we need to continue
in motion.

867
00:47:12,179 --> 00:47:15,251
18 deserters were captured
in China, three days ago.

868
00:47:15,252 --> 00:47:17,602
- How sad.
- Will they be returned to Korea?

869
00:47:17,604 --> 00:47:19,755
Of course.

870
00:47:21,309 --> 00:47:23,422
- Al�?
<i>- Intermediary: hello, Pastor!</i>

871
00:47:23,423 --> 00:47:27,416
I can't see anyone!
Can you use the light from a cell phone?

872
00:47:27,417 --> 00:47:29,488
Are you
with the other cell phone?

873
00:47:29,489 --> 00:47:31,595
We need more light.
Bring the camera.

874
00:47:31,596 --> 00:47:34,094
UNDISCLOSED LOCATION, CHINA
Rest stop

875
00:47:34,095 --> 00:47:36,205
That's fine.

876
00:47:40,132 --> 00:47:42,120
Where is
your mother?

877
00:47:42,513 --> 00:47:45,528
- Here she is.
<i>- Mom, stay strong!</i>

878
00:47:45,571 --> 00:47:48,826
<i>You too,
Jinhae and Jinpyeong!</i>

879
00:47:49,846 --> 00:47:52,943
<i>We will fly to Vietnam tomorrow,
so I'll see you soon.</i>

880
00:47:52,945 --> 00:47:55,095
Hyukchang, listen carefully.
We send someone

881
00:47:55,097 --> 00:47:57,915
to find them
near China's southern border.

882
00:47:57,916 --> 00:48:00,162
They are matching
with intermediaries

883
00:48:00,163 --> 00:48:02,963
and will help them to arrive
in Vietnam.

884
00:48:02,964 --> 00:48:05,528
<i>- Right. Got it.</i>
- Okay.

885
00:48:05,566 --> 00:48:09,105
NEXT NIGHT
Incheon Airport, Seoul

886
00:48:10,003 --> 00:48:13,056
This is the visa on arrival.
You will fill out this form.

887
00:48:13,058 --> 00:48:14,820
"MR. HWANG"
Leading Intermediary

888
00:48:14,822 --> 00:48:18,228
- What is that?
- Did my daughter put this here?

889
00:48:18,229 --> 00:48:21,257
Why did she include
her homework here?

890
00:48:21,408 --> 00:48:23,937
This here
It's my daughter's.

891
00:48:24,187 --> 00:48:26,881
I hope she took it
good grades.

892
00:48:27,414 --> 00:48:30,295
We are going
to Han�i, Vietnam.

893
00:48:30,432 --> 00:48:33,080
From there, we will go close
from the border with China.

894
00:48:33,081 --> 00:48:35,081
Our goal is to stay
near the border

895
00:48:35,083 --> 00:48:37,429
before the family arrives.

896
00:48:37,430 --> 00:48:40,564
If deserters arrive
on the border before us,

897
00:48:40,565 --> 00:48:42,812
we will need to change
our plans

898
00:48:42,814 --> 00:48:45,583
because it would be very dangerous
they wait there.

899
00:48:45,584 --> 00:48:50,051
Before 2009, I often went
 � China, helping defectors.

900
00:48:50,053 --> 00:48:52,026
So, a co-worker
from China

901
00:48:52,028 --> 00:48:55,221
was kidnapped
to North Korea and tortured.

902
00:48:55,223 --> 00:48:58,861
During torture, he told
that I help deserters.

903
00:48:59,085 --> 00:49:03,343
After that, Chinese police officers
from our network warned me:

904
00:49:03,344 --> 00:49:07,273
"Never enter China again,
unless you want to lose your life."

905
00:49:07,275 --> 00:49:10,621
<i>As for the possibilities
of Korea trying to kidnap him,</i>

906
00:49:10,623 --> 00:49:15,057
<i>It's something you only care about
return to China?</i>

907
00:49:15,660 --> 00:49:20,462
Every time I go to Vietnam,
Laos and even to Thailand,

908
00:49:20,762 --> 00:49:24,084
the Intelligence Service
from South Korea warns not to go.

909
00:49:24,086 --> 00:49:27,411
They beg
so I don't go.

910
00:49:40,891 --> 00:49:44,282
HANNI, VIETNAM

911
00:49:45,183 --> 00:49:47,919
Myanmar, Laos,
Vietnam, Cambodia.

912
00:49:47,920 --> 00:49:51,185
These countries have close ties
with North Korea.

913
00:49:51,186 --> 00:49:54,714
Every time I enter these countries
and the stamp hits,

914
00:49:54,880 --> 00:49:57,612
my heart
it also hits hard.

915
00:50:02,538 --> 00:50:06,419
SEOUL
South Korea

916
00:50:08,148 --> 00:50:09,691
Al�?

917
00:50:10,083 --> 00:50:11,741
Al�?

918
00:50:12,391 --> 00:50:13,926
Al�?

919
00:50:14,229 --> 00:50:17,271
- My brother's friend.
<i>- Yes. I received your message.</i>

920
00:50:17,272 --> 00:50:20,073
Can you do
What did I ask of you?

921
00:50:20,232 --> 00:50:21,962
<i>Yes, I can.</i>

922
00:50:21,963 --> 00:50:24,240
- Please do it quickly.
<i>- Yes.</i>

923
00:50:24,241 --> 00:50:26,741
Please do the intermediate
give him the money.

924
00:50:26,743 --> 00:50:28,675
<i>- Yes.</i>
- Anything else?

925
00:50:28,676 --> 00:50:31,676
<i>I'm going to the security police
and I'll call you</i>

926
00:50:31,677 --> 00:50:34,240
<i>with any information
that I have of your son.</i>

927
00:50:34,241 --> 00:50:36,061
Please
take care of your safety.

928
00:50:36,063 --> 00:50:38,925
<i>- I will take care.</i>
- Okay. Thanks.

929
00:50:43,146 --> 00:50:45,944
He still
is alive.

930
00:50:47,210 --> 00:50:49,522
But he was
very beaten.

931
00:50:49,880 --> 00:50:52,747
The lower back
is impaired

932
00:50:53,248 --> 00:50:55,609
and he has wounds
in the head.

933
00:50:57,596 --> 00:50:58,996
And...

934
00:51:00,560 --> 00:51:04,152
his chest must be
hurt here

935
00:51:04,571 --> 00:51:07,714
because it looks like he
can't breathe properly.

936
00:51:07,716 --> 00:51:10,495
And my friend said
that my son

937
00:51:10,496 --> 00:51:12,693
also can't
eat right.

938
00:51:12,697 --> 00:51:14,604
He said...

939
00:51:14,605 --> 00:51:19,024
that his teeth
were damaged by torture.

940
00:51:20,031 --> 00:51:21,694
When they beat,

941
00:51:21,695 --> 00:51:25,705
they hit with an angled ruler
and a wooden bat.

942
00:51:28,498 --> 00:51:33,140
Can't avoid it
let the bones break.

943
00:51:33,312 --> 00:51:36,581
And he said my son shrunk
It's half his size.

944
00:51:36,863 --> 00:51:39,115
But he still
is alive.

945
00:51:45,913 --> 00:51:47,395
<i>It's a beautiful day</i>

946
00:51:47,397 --> 00:51:49,778
<i>- and I would like to sing.
- Of course.</i>

947
00:51:49,780 --> 00:51:52,846
The songs I sang at school:
"Nothing to envy"?

948
00:51:52,847 --> 00:51:54,547
"Nothing to envy".

949
00:51:54,549 --> 00:51:57,937
<i>Blue is the sky</i>

950
00:51:58,216 --> 00:52:01,692
<i>and happy you are
my heart.</i>

951
00:52:02,624 --> 00:52:04,300
I don't remember
of the rest.

952
00:52:04,302 --> 00:52:06,346
<i>Where people...</i>

953
00:52:06,348 --> 00:52:10,250
<i>live in harmony.</i>

954
00:52:12,900 --> 00:52:17,130
<i>We don't envy anything
in the world.</i>

955
00:52:23,093 --> 00:52:25,313
I think,
living in North Korea,

956
00:52:25,314 --> 00:52:27,997
the moments I felt
who was happy

957
00:52:28,042 --> 00:52:29,748
were the comparison.

958
00:52:29,749 --> 00:52:33,075
<i>This is Wisconsin, located
in the Midwestern United States.</i>

959
00:52:33,076 --> 00:52:35,866
<i>Unemployed people roam the streets
because they don't have a home.</i>

960
00:52:35,867 --> 00:52:38,813
The regime told us
that we live in utopia

961
00:52:38,815 --> 00:52:41,740
and that many other countries
are living in a disaster.

962
00:52:41,741 --> 00:52:44,628
<i>There is more than R$ 1.5 million
of homeless children</i>

963
00:52:44,629 --> 00:52:46,790
<i>in the United States.</i>

964
00:52:46,923 --> 00:52:50,444
Let us learn that South Korean students
They didn't have any clothes.

965
00:52:50,445 --> 00:52:52,261
They begged for food
on the street.

966
00:52:52,262 --> 00:52:54,920
In fact, this is the reality
of North Korea,

967
00:52:54,921 --> 00:52:59,324
but I thought everything was paradise,
compared to other countries.

968
00:52:59,975 --> 00:53:01,929
Many foreigners
wonder

969
00:53:01,930 --> 00:53:04,628
how can North Koreans live
like human robots.

970
00:53:04,630 --> 00:53:07,028
Why do they
they do not question the regime;

971
00:53:07,029 --> 00:53:09,440
why don't they take it down
the regime?

972
00:53:10,238 --> 00:53:13,295
But I believe that every person,
If you were born in North Korea,

973
00:53:13,296 --> 00:53:15,436
would be exactly
like us

974
00:53:15,973 --> 00:53:19,029
because we didn't know
that there was another life

975
00:53:19,030 --> 00:53:20,685
beyond that
that we had.

976
00:53:20,686 --> 00:53:23,949
We were captured
in a huge virtual prison.

977
00:53:35,642 --> 00:53:37,879
<i>Location not revealed</i>

978
00:53:37,881 --> 00:53:41,201
<i>near the border
of China with Vietnam.</i>

979
00:53:52,491 --> 00:53:55,104
HAI PHONG, VIETNAM

980
00:53:55,955 --> 00:53:59,158
The most exhausting part
of this trip

981
00:53:59,159 --> 00:54:02,323
We need to cross
illegally through the jungle.

982
00:54:02,530 --> 00:54:06,397
I feel emotionally exhausted
worrying about it.

983
00:54:10,830 --> 00:54:14,030
I had a son
with serious health problems.

984
00:54:15,493 --> 00:54:18,995
He died while I was
in a meeting to save someone.

985
00:54:18,997 --> 00:54:22,577
He had vomited
and the airways blocked.

986
00:54:22,977 --> 00:54:26,373
"We lost you,
so now let's dedicate ourselves

987
00:54:26,374 --> 00:54:29,142
to save
many more deserters."

988
00:54:29,326 --> 00:54:31,940
That's what my wife and I...

989
00:54:32,694 --> 00:54:36,368
we said
while it was happening...

990
00:54:36,733 --> 00:54:39,125
the cremation
of my son.

991
00:54:40,713 --> 00:54:45,062
Losing my son while
saved someone else's son,

992
00:54:45,117 --> 00:54:48,288
That was when I felt the most anguish
in my life.

993
00:54:50,082 --> 00:54:53,009
I already helped rescue
about a thousand people,

994
00:54:53,010 --> 00:54:55,190
since his death,

995
00:54:56,092 --> 00:54:58,089
for more than ten years.

996
00:55:00,380 --> 00:55:03,932
In Christian terms,
my son was the grain of wheat.

997
00:55:17,066 --> 00:55:19,976
How can they warn us now,
at the last minute?

998
00:55:19,978 --> 00:55:22,766
They didn't even bring
two cars!

999
00:55:22,954 --> 00:55:26,021
People need to comply
promises do.

1000
00:55:26,614 --> 00:55:28,970
It's here
We're going to park.

1001
00:55:30,202 --> 00:55:32,802
I released the dogs
and they brought the second car.

1002
00:55:32,804 --> 00:55:36,381
The one in front will be a sedan
and the one behind will be a van.

1003
00:55:37,292 --> 00:55:39,669
Yes. The family
It's already getting here.

1004
00:55:39,670 --> 00:55:42,415
I understood.
Let's talk on the way.

1005
00:55:42,437 --> 00:55:44,675
<i>Pastor Kim talking
with members</i>

1006
00:55:44,676 --> 00:55:47,620
<i>intermediary team
from Vietnam.</i>

1007
00:55:50,090 --> 00:55:51,737
They arrived.

1008
00:55:52,779 --> 00:55:54,407
They arrived.

1009
00:55:54,408 --> 00:55:56,710
Let's put them
inside the car.

1010
00:55:58,606 --> 00:56:00,480
Bring your things.

1011
00:56:02,693 --> 00:56:05,050
Quickly.
This is a dangerous place.

1012
00:56:05,142 --> 00:56:06,820
Come in, come in!

1013
00:56:06,943 --> 00:56:09,512
Go to the bottom.
Grandmother. Quick.

1014
00:56:10,976 --> 00:56:14,831
We still have another car ahead
to warn us of dangers,

1015
00:56:14,865 --> 00:56:17,206
so try to stay relaxed
for a moment.

1016
00:56:17,207 --> 00:56:19,558
I'm happy to see
all of you.

1017
00:56:19,560 --> 00:56:21,378
Is there room here?

1018
00:56:21,407 --> 00:56:23,002
There's more space here.

1019
00:56:23,004 --> 00:56:25,308
It must be a relief
try to escape as a family.

1020
00:56:25,310 --> 00:56:28,211
And, grandma,
you did very well.

1021
00:56:40,021 --> 00:56:42,025
I'm seeing...

1022
00:56:42,107 --> 00:56:45,004
where is it
the safe house.

1023
00:56:45,710 --> 00:56:49,196
We were on the main road,
but the car in front

1024
00:56:49,202 --> 00:56:51,175
is taking us
to a secondary.

1025
00:56:51,177 --> 00:56:54,697
We need to avoid
a checkpoint.

1026
00:57:44,959 --> 00:57:47,296
Again, I couldn't sleep
last night.

1027
00:57:47,298 --> 00:57:49,578
It's been like this
weeks ago.

1028
00:57:50,791 --> 00:57:53,076
I will do
a tea.

1029
00:58:02,143 --> 00:58:03,994
- Hello.
<i>- Hello.</i>

1030
00:58:03,995 --> 00:58:05,994
<i>My contact
in North Korea</i>

1031
00:58:05,996 --> 00:58:08,835
<i>said his son
will be sentenced soon.</i>

1032
00:58:08,837 --> 00:58:12,506
- So, the interrogation is over?
<i>- Yes. Maybe she can</i>

1033
00:58:12,507 --> 00:58:14,847
<i>make them release him,</i>

1034
00:58:14,848 --> 00:58:17,367
<i>depending on how much money
you want to spend.</i>

1035
00:58:17,368 --> 00:58:20,692
- Right.
<i>- And, as the sentence will come out now,</i>

1036
00:58:20,694 --> 00:58:24,894
<i>she said it's time to spend.
She said it's urgent.</i>

1037
00:58:24,959 --> 00:58:28,648
Okay.
I will transfer the money now.

1038
00:58:28,650 --> 00:58:32,624
<i>Fine. I will make sure she
use money wisely.</i>

1039
00:58:54,906 --> 00:58:57,824
I'm not sure
whether it is deception or not,

1040
00:58:57,825 --> 00:59:01,825
but I have no choice,
unless you trust the intermediary.

1041
00:59:05,000 --> 00:59:07,049
I have no choice.

1042
00:59:09,062 --> 00:59:11,407
I'll park here.

1043
00:59:30,233 --> 00:59:33,098
- Al�?
<i>- My contact called me again.</i>

1044
00:59:33,099 --> 00:59:36,434
<i>She just visited her mother
and talked to her.</i>

1045
00:59:36,436 --> 00:59:38,981
<i>I thought my information
were accurate,</i>

1046
00:59:38,983 --> 00:59:41,435
<i>but they weren't.</i>

1047
00:59:41,565 --> 00:59:45,337
<i>According to his mother, his son
is still being interrogated.</i>

1048
00:59:45,339 --> 00:59:48,140
<i>My contact said your mother
I was shaking with fear

1049
00:59:48,141 --> 00:59:51,491
<i>and you don't know
who to trust.</i>

1050
00:59:51,493 --> 00:59:53,683
<i>Her house is
under constant surveillance</i>

1051
00:59:53,684 --> 00:59:55,946
<i>and she doesn't want to get involved
none of that.</i>

1052
00:59:55,948 --> 00:59:58,678
<i>She doesn't believe
that your son</i>

1053
00:59:58,679 --> 01:00:01,094
<i>- was planning to defect.</i>
- Got it.

1054
01:00:01,096 --> 01:00:04,054
<i>I'm sorry. We thought
that the interrogation was over.</i>

1055
01:00:04,055 --> 01:00:06,649
<i>It's very difficult
have accurate information there.</i>

1056
01:00:06,650 --> 01:00:10,650
- Right. We'll talk again.
<i>- Yes. I'll call you again.</i>

1057
01:00:25,671 --> 01:00:29,671
SOUTHWEST VIETNAM

1058
01:00:44,659 --> 01:00:48,659
SAFE HOME, VIETNAM
Near the Laos border

1059
01:01:07,121 --> 01:01:09,154
You can wash
your hair.

1060
01:01:12,171 --> 01:01:14,688
This water is falling
like thunder.

1061
01:01:14,913 --> 01:01:17,771
I thought this was
a blackboard to study.

1062
01:01:17,772 --> 01:01:19,452
I think it is
a television.

1063
01:01:19,454 --> 01:01:21,287
A television?

1064
01:01:22,285 --> 01:01:24,227
Brush your teeth.

1065
01:01:26,798 --> 01:01:30,278
This bag must be loose.
We've carried it for so long.

1066
01:01:32,032 --> 01:01:34,608
Let's go. I want to buy
some fruit for everyone.

1067
01:01:34,609 --> 01:01:37,476
Jinhae, come here.
I want to show you something.

1068
01:01:39,305 --> 01:01:41,226
See how green it is.

1069
01:01:43,028 --> 01:01:46,428
Let's go get some fruit.
What do you want?

1070
01:01:49,345 --> 01:01:51,167
So beautiful.

1071
01:02:00,066 --> 01:02:02,466
- Can you bring us a towel?
- Yes. I'll get her.

1072
01:02:02,468 --> 01:02:05,429
You need to peel it
and you can only eat the inside.

1073
01:02:05,430 --> 01:02:07,375
Are those chestnuts?

1074
01:02:08,266 --> 01:02:11,087
I want to wear
what's with the bear?

1075
01:02:11,517 --> 01:02:13,976
- Our. This one is also beautiful.
- Try this one.

1076
01:02:13,978 --> 01:02:16,560
- It's very big.
- It's hot here,

1077
01:02:16,561 --> 01:02:19,176
so it's good
if it is a little big.

1078
01:02:19,177 --> 01:02:22,158
But I think
this one was good.

1079
01:02:25,024 --> 01:02:27,050
There are snacks there.

1080
01:02:27,297 --> 01:02:28,977
- Do you have a comb?
- Yes, mom.

1081
01:02:28,979 --> 01:02:32,233
Stay there to stay refreshed.
I help her take a shower.

1082
01:02:33,106 --> 01:02:35,814
- What is that?
- Popcorn.

1083
01:02:37,027 --> 01:02:39,629
- These are cookies.
- Are mine cookies?

1084
01:02:39,630 --> 01:02:41,328
- Yes.
- Wait.

1085
01:02:41,330 --> 01:02:43,388
Let's eat together.

1086
01:03:05,508 --> 01:03:09,041
- So, this is Vietnam?
- Yes. Of course it's Vietnam!

1087
01:03:16,944 --> 01:03:20,328
Everything here
It's new to me.

1088
01:03:21,133 --> 01:03:24,630
There is no water...

1089
01:03:25,141 --> 01:03:27,373
no lights
in North Korea.

1090
01:03:27,375 --> 01:03:29,508
We need to look for
our drinking water

1091
01:03:29,509 --> 01:03:32,396
and the whole family
come together

1092
01:03:32,397 --> 01:03:34,748
to use water
of a cauldron.

1093
01:03:34,749 --> 01:03:37,521
And it requires a lot of work
to get the water.

1094
01:03:37,522 --> 01:03:40,554
If we have a whole day,
we managed to search enough

1095
01:03:40,555 --> 01:03:43,071
to have more
than low quantity.

1096
01:03:43,073 --> 01:03:45,839
But when the authorities
call us to rally,

1097
01:03:45,840 --> 01:03:48,808
There is often no time
to seek not even a little.

1098
01:03:48,809 --> 01:03:52,830
So, having access to water...

1099
01:03:53,096 --> 01:03:55,205
always been
my biggest concern.

1100
01:03:55,206 --> 01:03:59,619
So this place here
It is truly paradise on Earth.

1101
01:03:59,620 --> 01:04:02,270
It would be impossible for a North Korean
imagine this place,

1102
01:04:02,272 --> 01:04:04,672
if you didn't see him
with your own eyes.

1103
01:04:04,715 --> 01:04:06,656
I think
that our country

1104
01:04:06,657 --> 01:04:10,016
needs to be
more developed.

1105
01:04:11,265 --> 01:04:14,907
I know how smart it is
our Marshal Kim Jong-Un,

1106
01:04:14,908 --> 01:04:17,245
So, our people
Isn't it smart?

1107
01:04:17,246 --> 01:04:21,001
Or what could it be
the reason?

1108
01:04:21,348 --> 01:04:24,148
Jinhae, what is the greatest memory,
until now?

1109
01:04:24,199 --> 01:04:25,723
When we crossed.

1110
01:04:25,724 --> 01:04:28,591
You felt relief
When did they arrive in China?

1111
01:04:28,739 --> 01:04:30,139
No.

1112
01:04:30,408 --> 01:04:32,960
Because we could
be captured.

1113
01:04:33,661 --> 01:04:35,986
The children of North Korea
learn that,

1114
01:04:35,987 --> 01:04:38,953
if they do
something wrong,

1115
01:04:38,954 --> 01:04:41,658
they will be caught
and dead.

1116
01:04:42,070 --> 01:04:45,137
This fear is instilled in them
from a very young age.

1117
01:04:53,347 --> 01:04:55,401
After school,
It's afternoon,

1118
01:04:55,402 --> 01:04:58,468
we needed to get together
on school grounds

1119
01:04:59,239 --> 01:05:02,338
and we needed to train
for mass games.

1120
01:05:02,866 --> 01:05:05,541
To dance,
for the parade,

1121
01:05:05,543 --> 01:05:07,350
the posters.

1122
01:05:07,617 --> 01:05:09,709
We trained
almost every day.

1123
01:05:09,710 --> 01:05:12,336
In total,
it was countless hours.

1124
01:05:12,338 --> 01:05:14,109
I thought
that this was

1125
01:05:14,110 --> 01:05:16,160
normal duty,
as a North Korean citizen.

1126
01:05:16,162 --> 01:05:18,597
Many people suffered
with the cold weather

1127
01:05:18,599 --> 01:05:21,416
and, during the summer,
It's very hot, right?

1128
01:05:21,417 --> 01:05:24,865
So some people
they had heatstroke or fainted.

1129
01:05:24,866 --> 01:05:27,668
And while we trained
how to combine all images,

1130
01:05:27,669 --> 01:05:29,810
if a student wanted to go
to the bathroom,

1131
01:05:29,811 --> 01:05:33,248
it would be a big hole.
So, no one could leave.

1132
01:05:33,249 --> 01:05:36,408
And then, some students
they peed their pants.

1133
01:05:36,535 --> 01:05:39,135
In a way, the parties
scariest in Korea

1134
01:05:39,137 --> 01:05:42,233
are some of the things
that they show in mass games.

1135
01:05:42,234 --> 01:05:45,897
There are a hundred thousand people wearing
the same type of clothes

1136
01:05:45,898 --> 01:05:47,720
and marching
in unison.

1137
01:05:47,721 --> 01:05:51,215
And if you see the children
five, six years old

1138
01:05:51,216 --> 01:05:55,396
with mass games,
posters promoting propaganda

1139
01:05:55,397 --> 01:05:57,504
in perfect unison
and it makes you think:

1140
01:05:57,505 --> 01:05:59,834
"How to make your 5 year old
accomplish this?”

1141
01:05:59,835 --> 01:06:03,102
You can see how much repression
that exists.

1142
01:06:03,103 --> 01:06:04,771
The people
needed to repeat

1143
01:06:04,772 --> 01:06:07,170
the same movements
often,

1144
01:06:07,171 --> 01:06:08,860
like a machine,

1145
01:06:08,861 --> 01:06:12,494
and if we make a mistake,
we could be punished.

1146
01:06:13,135 --> 01:06:15,895
Generally,
we trained on cement,

1147
01:06:16,591 --> 01:06:20,370
so the children were rolling around
in concrete for months.

1148
01:06:21,505 --> 01:06:23,749
Some children
they even broke their jaws

1149
01:06:23,750 --> 01:06:26,037
when they fall
on the floor.

1150
01:06:26,471 --> 01:06:29,775
Foreigners were amazed
watching mass games.

1151
01:06:29,776 --> 01:06:31,647
They couldn't
close your mouth.

1152
01:06:31,649 --> 01:06:33,436
It's a painful memory
for me.

1153
01:06:33,437 --> 01:06:37,754
Behind the images,
I know what students suffer.

1154
01:06:46,538 --> 01:06:48,128
Please
eat a lot,

1155
01:06:48,130 --> 01:06:51,096
because when we go out tonight,
we won't be able to eat.

1156
01:06:51,097 --> 01:06:54,414
We will rest a little
after our meal.

1157
01:06:54,438 --> 01:06:57,559
It will be dark when we arrive
on the mountain

1158
01:06:57,764 --> 01:07:01,055
and we will cross, illegally,
for about three hours.

1159
01:07:01,057 --> 01:07:03,255
On the Laos side
from the border,

1160
01:07:03,256 --> 01:07:06,256
our people will be
waiting for us with cars.

1161
01:07:06,480 --> 01:07:08,940
So eat a lot
and join your forces.

1162
01:07:09,032 --> 01:07:11,489
I'm worried about crossing
this mountain.

1163
01:07:11,491 --> 01:07:14,504
This is also why
I'm worried.

1164
01:07:19,292 --> 01:07:22,369
No matter what's in the jungle,
we need to be silent.

1165
01:07:22,371 --> 01:07:24,465
Hyukchang, everyone got it
your waters?

1166
01:07:24,466 --> 01:07:26,132
Let's go!

1167
01:07:28,586 --> 01:07:30,147
Are we ready?

1168
01:07:31,583 --> 01:07:33,773
The whole family needs to go
in the other car.

1169
01:07:33,774 --> 01:07:35,467
Get in quick.

1170
01:07:36,271 --> 01:07:38,263
Get in there
with your family.

1171
01:08:10,362 --> 01:08:12,212
LOCATION NOT REVEALED
Vietnam

1172
01:08:12,213 --> 01:08:14,605
Each will receive
a flashlight

1173
01:08:14,606 --> 01:08:17,282
covered
in a plastic bag.

1174
01:08:17,493 --> 01:08:19,745
Need to tighten
with strength like that, right?

1175
01:08:19,747 --> 01:08:21,294
Tighten tightly.

1176
01:08:21,781 --> 01:08:24,011
Turn off the light!
The light!

1177
01:08:25,224 --> 01:08:26,624
Turn it off!

1178
01:08:26,626 --> 01:08:28,576
Please be careful.
The light is very strong.

1179
01:08:28,578 --> 01:08:32,061
Never point the light upwards.
When we are in the jungle,

1180
01:08:32,062 --> 01:08:34,484
they can point it down,
but never upwards.

1181
01:08:34,485 --> 01:08:35,972
Let's go.

1182
01:08:36,914 --> 01:08:39,621
Slowly. Careful.
Be careful where you step.

1183
01:08:40,434 --> 01:08:41,951
Follow them.

1184
01:08:43,037 --> 01:08:45,104
You will be hit
through the branches.

1185
01:08:45,685 --> 01:08:47,231
Continue.

1186
01:09:02,657 --> 01:09:04,926
Tell them to stop
near the water.

1187
01:09:06,244 --> 01:09:08,285
Tell the person
in front.

1188
01:09:08,441 --> 01:09:10,651
Go that way.
Go ahead.

1189
01:09:11,424 --> 01:09:13,319
Dad, it's this way.

1190
01:09:14,716 --> 01:09:17,333
- It's here. It's this way.
- I am fine.

1191
01:09:17,335 --> 01:09:19,925
It's not that way!
It's this way!

1192
01:09:21,323 --> 01:09:23,860
- Let's go.
- Careful.

1193
01:09:25,870 --> 01:09:27,563
Follow me.

1194
01:09:33,961 --> 01:09:36,761
Point the light at the floor.
It's too high.

1195
01:09:43,883 --> 01:09:47,083
The problem isn't just how steep
It's the mountain, but slippery.

1196
01:09:47,085 --> 01:09:49,408
Yes.
I was afraid of falling.

1197
01:09:49,717 --> 01:09:52,650
Remember: we are only walking
30 minutes ago.

1198
01:09:52,977 --> 01:09:55,381
Still missing
another two and a half hours.

1199
01:09:56,321 --> 01:09:57,936
Let's rest
a little.

1200
01:09:57,938 --> 01:10:01,071
If we lose power early,
it will kill us.

1201
01:10:01,202 --> 01:10:02,895
Should I wash too?

1202
01:10:03,643 --> 01:10:06,043
The sticky stuff will come off
with the water.

1203
01:10:06,045 --> 01:10:07,813
Refreshing, isn't it?

1204
01:10:08,108 --> 01:10:09,697
Let's go.

1205
01:10:15,914 --> 01:10:18,096
In North Korea,
all families

1206
01:10:18,097 --> 01:10:21,090
need to hang the photos
from our "Dear Leaders"

1207
01:10:21,091 --> 01:10:23,887
in the best place,
on the best wall.

1208
01:10:23,888 --> 01:10:25,595
It is mandatory.

1209
01:10:25,596 --> 01:10:28,170
They are the most important thing
throughout the house.

1210
01:10:28,171 --> 01:10:31,612
We needed to dust off
very frequently.

1211
01:10:31,614 --> 01:10:34,178
Government officials pass
in every house,

1212
01:10:34,179 --> 01:10:36,889
without telling us,
wearing white gloves,

1213
01:10:36,891 --> 01:10:39,735
and check the dust
in the photos.

1214
01:10:39,736 --> 01:10:42,384
<i>What would happen
if they find dust?</i>

1215
01:10:42,506 --> 01:10:44,652
Severe punishment.

1216
01:10:44,713 --> 01:10:46,741
When I was young...

1217
01:10:46,743 --> 01:10:49,521
let's pray for
"our Father and Leader Kim Il-Sung"

1218
01:10:49,523 --> 01:10:51,355
before all
breakfast.

1219
01:10:51,356 --> 01:10:54,007
We never heard
from a book called the Bible

1220
01:10:54,008 --> 01:10:56,137
and if anyone was caught
with one,

1221
01:10:56,138 --> 01:10:58,138
would receive the worst punishments
imaginable.

1222
01:10:58,140 --> 01:11:01,459
I studied the "Ten Principles for
the Monolithic Leadership System".

1223
01:11:01,460 --> 01:11:04,177
After arriving
in South Korea,

1224
01:11:04,399 --> 01:11:08,037
I knew the Ten Commandments
and they were basically identical.

1225
01:11:08,038 --> 01:11:12,092
North Korea basically plagiarized
the Christian Bible

1226
01:11:12,093 --> 01:11:14,673
and you see many parallels
to the Old Testament.

1227
01:11:14,674 --> 01:11:17,272
They told us that,
during the colonial period,

1228
01:11:17,273 --> 01:11:19,915
Kim Il-Sung fought against
our Japanese enemies

1229
01:11:19,916 --> 01:11:23,517
crossing the rainbows
from one mountain to another.

1230
01:11:23,518 --> 01:11:26,514
During the Korean War,
he turned sand into rice;

1231
01:11:26,515 --> 01:11:28,423
transformed pine cones
in bombs;

1232
01:11:28,424 --> 01:11:31,423
and crossed the Yalu River
on tree leaves.

1233
01:11:31,424 --> 01:11:35,592
Kim Il-Sung is God,
and Kim Jong-Il is the Son of God.

1234
01:11:35,593 --> 01:11:38,228
They claim he was born
not in a manger,

1235
01:11:38,229 --> 01:11:40,955
but in a wooden hut
on Mount Paektu,

1236
01:11:40,956 --> 01:11:43,528
which is on the border
between China and North Korea.

1237
01:11:43,529 --> 01:11:46,989
In fact, he was born in Russia,
but they forged the place of birth.

1238
01:11:46,990 --> 01:11:49,327
It is said that his birth
was announced

1239
01:11:49,328 --> 01:11:52,062
by a beautiful star,
and a double rainbow.

1240
01:11:52,063 --> 01:11:54,973
They wanted to keep
this powerful image for you,

1241
01:11:54,974 --> 01:11:57,196
so the Bible
It is banned.

1242
01:11:57,252 --> 01:12:01,317
<i>An hour and a half since the family
entered the jungle.</i>

1243
01:12:01,853 --> 01:12:04,200
Wait.
Let an intermediary go first.

1244
01:12:04,202 --> 01:12:06,891
We will die,
if we go ahead.

1245
01:12:09,325 --> 01:12:11,366
Let's follow him.

1246
01:12:11,910 --> 01:12:14,929
Caution
so as not to slip.

1247
01:12:16,832 --> 01:12:18,649
Be careful here.

1248
01:12:20,684 --> 01:12:23,304
If it rains,
we will die.

1249
01:12:29,700 --> 01:12:32,100
If you are going to fall,
let go of grandma's hand.

1250
01:12:32,101 --> 01:12:34,053
You won't want
May she fall with you.

1251
01:12:34,054 --> 01:12:37,921
We must not rest yet.
Let's go a little further.

1252
01:12:41,973 --> 01:12:45,270
TWO AND A HALF HOURS
CROSSING

1253
01:12:45,361 --> 01:12:47,909
My legs
They're like jelly.

1254
01:12:48,280 --> 01:12:49,990
Come this way.

1255
01:12:49,991 --> 01:12:51,814
That.
Just like that.

1256
01:12:52,240 --> 01:12:55,292
You can't climb alone!
Hold my hand!

1257
01:12:55,294 --> 01:12:57,455
I will be trapped
between the rocks!

1258
01:12:57,456 --> 01:12:59,635
My hand.
Hold my hand.

1259
01:13:02,876 --> 01:13:05,381
Ask an intermediary
to erect it.

1260
01:13:14,681 --> 01:13:16,374
Let's sit down.

1261
01:13:16,618 --> 01:13:19,358
Is there a problem
with my ankle.

1262
01:13:21,312 --> 01:13:23,589
I think I twisted
the ankle.

1263
01:13:25,773 --> 01:13:28,240
My body can't take it anymore
as before.

1264
01:13:28,245 --> 01:13:32,045
After three operations last year,
my body can't handle it.

1265
01:13:35,360 --> 01:13:37,191
Good girl.

1266
01:13:39,650 --> 01:13:41,719
We just climbed a mountain,
until now?

1267
01:13:41,721 --> 01:13:44,178
Intermediate #2:
<i>We go up and down one.</i>

1268
01:13:44,180 --> 01:13:47,193
We have to cross
three mountains like that.

1269
01:13:47,194 --> 01:13:50,128
- So, the next one is just the second one?
- Yes.

1270
01:13:55,351 --> 01:13:57,488
<i>I contacted an intermediary</i>

1271
01:13:57,489 --> 01:14:00,223
<i>which can reach the highest
security levels,</i>

1272
01:14:00,224 --> 01:14:03,128
<i>- but I haven't heard anything.</i>
- I'm so confused.

1273
01:14:03,130 --> 01:14:06,894
Do you think he really wanted
take me back to Korea?

1274
01:14:06,896 --> 01:14:09,217
<i>I think it's possible,
but if so,</i>

1275
01:14:09,218 --> 01:14:11,516
<i>� because he wanted
be with you.</i>

1276
01:14:11,518 --> 01:14:13,555
<i>Some guys from Hyesan
contacted me.</i>

1277
01:14:13,557 --> 01:14:17,076
<i>They said the case could be
more serious than we thought.</i>

1278
01:14:17,077 --> 01:14:20,457
- Really?
<i>- Yes. That seems dangerous.</i>

1279
01:14:20,458 --> 01:14:22,342
<i>But let's wait
to see</i>

1280
01:14:22,344 --> 01:14:25,501
<i>what does the intermediary
top brass can find out.</i>

1281
01:14:25,502 --> 01:14:26,957
Okay.

1282
01:14:27,305 --> 01:14:30,900
SIX HOURS
CROSSING

1283
01:14:55,984 --> 01:14:58,582
Where are you?
Where's the bruise?

1284
01:15:06,051 --> 01:15:07,898
Where is it hurting?

1285
01:15:08,984 --> 01:15:10,824
Try not to cry.

1286
01:15:10,844 --> 01:15:12,959
Intermediate #1:
<i>If we continue like this,</i>

1287
01:15:12,961 --> 01:15:15,231
will be at least
another 6 or 7 hours.

1288
01:15:15,232 --> 01:15:18,167
Intermediate #2:
<i>Yes. Another 6 hours.</i>

1289
01:15:41,011 --> 01:15:43,598
- My God!
- Did you hit your head?

1290
01:15:44,542 --> 01:15:47,292
Why are we passing
down this path again?

1291
01:15:47,294 --> 01:15:51,148
The middlemen are making us
climb the same mountains.

1292
01:15:51,149 --> 01:15:53,986
We need to stop.
I need to resolve this.

1293
01:16:03,691 --> 01:16:05,335
All good.

1294
01:16:05,337 --> 01:16:07,396
Are you
sweating so much.

1295
01:16:08,335 --> 01:16:11,162
As you can see,
I'm just fine on the outside.

1296
01:16:11,481 --> 01:16:14,615
It's wrong. The leading intermediary
It's screwing us.

1297
01:16:14,616 --> 01:16:16,636
Please
drink some water.

1298
01:16:16,637 --> 01:16:18,679
I'm going to drink some.

1299
01:16:19,283 --> 01:16:22,451
They're leading us in circles
and asking for more money.

1300
01:16:22,452 --> 01:16:24,711
I don't think
that we will be able to arrive today.

1301
01:16:24,712 --> 01:16:28,049
I want to eat kimchi.
Cabbage kimchi.

1302
01:16:28,375 --> 01:16:32,175
I don't know if this will work.
They are making it so difficult.

1303
01:16:32,505 --> 01:16:34,978
They don't care
for our situation.

1304
01:16:34,980 --> 01:16:37,468
The asshole wants
make us suffer.

1305
01:16:37,469 --> 01:16:40,323
Now you still want
more money?

1306
01:16:41,183 --> 01:16:44,321
- I need to sit down again.
- The wind is blowing.

1307
01:16:44,323 --> 01:16:46,202
It's refreshing.

1308
01:16:46,204 --> 01:16:48,634
Are listening
the dogs barking, right?

1309
01:16:48,635 --> 01:16:51,377
There are military dogs
around the border.

1310
01:16:51,820 --> 01:16:53,816
We better erase
the lights.

1311
01:16:53,817 --> 01:16:56,420
It is now 1:50 in the morning.

1312
01:17:00,393 --> 01:17:03,326
The breeze is the only thing
who is saving me.

1313
01:17:04,013 --> 01:17:05,650
As?

1314
01:17:07,962 --> 01:17:10,209
Tell them we will give
more money

1315
01:17:10,210 --> 01:17:12,129
when we come back
safely.

1316
01:17:12,131 --> 01:17:14,758
But if they continue
leading us in circles,

1317
01:17:14,759 --> 01:17:17,193
I can't
give the money.

1318
01:17:18,011 --> 01:17:20,911
Intermediate: <i>Okay. Combined.
You can give it when we arrive.</i>

1319
01:17:20,913 --> 01:17:23,207
Very well.
Let's go.

1320
01:17:55,586 --> 01:17:58,678
- Careful.
- I think I hear a car.

1321
01:17:59,194 --> 01:18:01,137
Wait! Stop!
Look there!

1322
01:18:01,139 --> 01:18:02,902
Turn off the lights!

1323
01:18:02,904 --> 01:18:04,543
The lights!

1324
01:18:04,939 --> 01:18:07,359
Stay still
for a moment.

1325
01:18:10,033 --> 01:18:11,903
All good.
You can turn on the flashlights.

1326
01:18:11,905 --> 01:18:13,617
Grandfather!
Let's go!

1327
01:18:13,788 --> 01:18:15,339
Grandmother!

1328
01:18:16,403 --> 01:18:18,328
Grandmother!
Run, run!

1329
01:18:18,329 --> 01:18:19,933
Grandmother!

1330
01:18:20,599 --> 01:18:22,089
Grandmother!

1331
01:18:23,198 --> 01:18:27,198
10 HOURS
CROSSING

1332
01:18:42,514 --> 01:18:46,514
NEXT DAY
Laos, near the Vietnam border

1333
01:18:49,813 --> 01:18:53,518
They can sit on the suitcases,
since they're soft, right?

1334
01:19:01,665 --> 01:19:04,210
I thought a lot about our neighbors,
on that mountain.

1335
01:19:04,212 --> 01:19:06,612
I keep thinking about the path
for survival

1336
01:19:06,614 --> 01:19:09,014
when the price is abandon
our hometowns.

1337
01:19:09,016 --> 01:19:12,835
I miss our friends
and our dog.

1338
01:19:12,836 --> 01:19:14,410
"Stew".

1339
01:19:15,086 --> 01:19:17,391
We should
have brought it.

1340
01:19:17,609 --> 01:19:19,688
She feels
I miss him a lot.

1341
01:19:20,061 --> 01:19:24,683
<i>My old neighborhood
it was full of flowers</i>

1342
01:19:26,354 --> 01:19:30,139
<i>and full of birds.</i>

1343
01:19:32,465 --> 01:19:36,819
<i>When the wind is strong
and gloomy blows</i>

1344
01:19:38,495 --> 01:19:41,139
<i>from the South...</i>

1345
01:19:43,192 --> 01:19:47,399
<i>I miss playing
in that place.</i>

1346
01:19:59,609 --> 01:20:03,179
ON THE WAY
FROM VIENTIANE, LAOS

1347
01:20:13,522 --> 01:20:16,231
MEMBERS OF THE CLANDESTINE NETWORK
Laos

1348
01:20:16,232 --> 01:20:18,942
GPS, don't do that to me.

1349
01:20:18,943 --> 01:20:21,175
We need to get there
in time.

1350
01:20:21,176 --> 01:20:23,445
He is
with a rifle.

1351
01:20:23,446 --> 01:20:25,699
It's better to avoid roads
like this.

1352
01:20:25,700 --> 01:20:28,342
All good.
Another unpaved road.

1353
01:20:28,343 --> 01:20:30,412
Finally,
the path I know.

1354
01:20:30,413 --> 01:20:32,289
Does China watch here?

1355
01:20:32,290 --> 01:20:34,944
Laos
a communist country,

1356
01:20:34,945 --> 01:20:38,078
then, for sure,
China monitors a lot here.

1357
01:20:43,599 --> 01:20:45,528
The Shepherd
arrived first.

1358
01:20:45,529 --> 01:20:47,467
Which way
Did he catch it?

1359
01:20:47,468 --> 01:20:50,470
SAFE HOME
Laos

1360
01:20:51,024 --> 01:20:52,893
Are you ready?

1361
01:20:52,894 --> 01:20:54,436
Very good.
Get out.

1362
01:20:54,682 --> 01:20:56,082
Quickly.

1363
01:20:56,364 --> 01:20:57,825
Run!

1364
01:21:01,307 --> 01:21:03,320
- Take some of this.
- What are they?

1365
01:21:03,321 --> 01:21:05,111
Chocolate.

1366
01:21:10,662 --> 01:21:12,562
Brown rice
It's so good to eat.

1367
01:21:12,563 --> 01:21:16,081
Hyukchang, can you close the window?
People will be able to see us from outside.

1368
01:21:16,082 --> 01:21:18,877
French fries and soup.
Seaweed makes it tastier.

1369
01:21:18,878 --> 01:21:21,745
Uncle, how many more bowls
do we need?

1370
01:21:22,724 --> 01:21:24,543
Let's pray
before eating.

1371
01:21:24,545 --> 01:21:27,856
You don't need to say anything,
until I finish praying.

1372
01:21:27,858 --> 01:21:30,009
When I say
"in the name of Jesus Christ",

1373
01:21:30,011 --> 01:21:31,762
you say "amen".

1374
01:21:31,764 --> 01:21:35,662
They just need to say that.
Just say "am�m".

1375
01:21:35,755 --> 01:21:37,448
- Huh?
- Yes.

1376
01:21:37,449 --> 01:21:41,942
Thank you for protecting us
of the police until now.

1377
01:21:41,943 --> 01:21:44,608
We will rest here
for a few days

1378
01:21:44,610 --> 01:21:46,721
and we thank you
for allowing us

1379
01:21:46,722 --> 01:21:49,357
spend a little time
calmer together.

1380
01:21:49,358 --> 01:21:51,404
We pray
to Jesus Christ

1381
01:21:51,405 --> 01:21:53,958
so that you don't let go
the thread of hope

1382
01:21:53,959 --> 01:21:56,065
until we arrive
to our destination.

1383
01:21:56,066 --> 01:21:58,064
<i>Am�m.</i>

1384
01:22:00,124 --> 01:22:02,884
It's tasty
and delicious.

1385
01:22:03,273 --> 01:22:04,944
It's delicious.

1386
01:22:05,425 --> 01:22:07,894
Want some of mine
too?

1387
01:22:08,020 --> 01:22:09,889
Your daughters
they eat very well.

1388
01:22:09,890 --> 01:22:11,736
Of course.

1389
01:22:16,079 --> 01:22:19,265
In North Korea,
We can't throw away...

1390
01:22:20,359 --> 01:22:23,080
How is it really? The shit...
The poop.

1391
01:22:23,127 --> 01:22:25,832
There is no fertilization system
in North Korea

1392
01:22:25,833 --> 01:22:28,739
so we needed to give the government
our poop.

1393
01:22:28,740 --> 01:22:31,783
<i>It was more during the famine, right?
Or always...</i>

1394
01:22:31,784 --> 01:22:35,037
Always. Every winter,
then it's like ice.

1395
01:22:35,038 --> 01:22:37,164
They prepare
for spring.

1396
01:22:37,165 --> 01:22:39,527
In North Korea,
the common bathroom

1397
01:22:39,528 --> 01:22:42,628
It is made of wood,
just like a small garage,

1398
01:22:42,629 --> 01:22:44,537
and there is a hole.

1399
01:22:44,538 --> 01:22:46,738
We double
the knees...

1400
01:22:46,851 --> 01:22:49,269
I don't know.
Do you know squats?

1401
01:22:49,271 --> 01:22:52,262
And down there there is a huge
wooden bucket

1402
01:22:52,264 --> 01:22:54,140
to save
all poop.

1403
01:22:54,141 --> 01:22:57,258
If we don't give our part,
we will have problems,

1404
01:22:57,259 --> 01:23:00,327
So sometimes people
they steal poop from each other.

1405
01:23:00,329 --> 01:23:04,281
But, rain or shine,
everyone needed to give it to the government.

1406
01:23:04,282 --> 01:23:07,679
Some carry the poop
on the back

1407
01:23:07,724 --> 01:23:09,518
or in huge buckets.

1408
01:23:09,519 --> 01:23:11,479
My family used
a huge bag.

1409
01:23:11,480 --> 01:23:13,992
Some put poop
in wheelbarrows.

1410
01:23:13,993 --> 01:23:15,866
<i>- And where did he take them?
- The poops?</i>

1411
01:23:15,867 --> 01:23:17,725
<i>- Yes.</i>
- We went to school

1412
01:23:17,726 --> 01:23:20,519
and company personnel
gave them to companies.

1413
01:23:20,520 --> 01:23:22,757
After that,
people came from the countryside

1414
01:23:22,759 --> 01:23:25,893
to take the poops
for farmers.

1415
01:23:29,183 --> 01:23:32,391
SEOUL
South Korea

1416
01:23:32,455 --> 01:23:35,383
<i>Soyeon on the phone
with North Korean intermediary.</i>

1417
01:23:35,384 --> 01:23:37,587
- Hello?
<i>- Yes.</i>

1418
01:23:37,784 --> 01:23:40,305
<i>- I spoke to your mother.</i>
- Yes!

1419
01:23:40,433 --> 01:23:44,528
<i>She said she wants
May you enjoy your life.</i>

1420
01:23:45,595 --> 01:23:48,360
I will.
Is she okay?

1421
01:23:48,891 --> 01:23:51,401
<i>Your mother doesn't understand
How could you leave</i>

1422
01:23:51,402 --> 01:23:53,323
<i>for this to happen
with your child.</i>

1423
01:23:53,324 --> 01:23:55,800
<i>She said he just wanted
bring you.</i>

1424
01:23:55,801 --> 01:23:58,537
<i>- He never wanted to leave.</i>
- Now I know that.

1425
01:23:58,539 --> 01:24:01,340
<i>She just hopes she can see him
before she dies.</i>

1426
01:24:01,341 --> 01:24:03,109
She needs it.

1427
01:24:03,497 --> 01:24:05,103
<i>She's getting old</i>

1428
01:24:05,104 --> 01:24:08,006
<i>and think you can stop breathing
at any time.</i>

1429
01:24:08,007 --> 01:24:11,639
I committed an unforgivable sin
against her and my son.

1430
01:24:11,641 --> 01:24:14,344
<i>Please listen.
She doesn't want to be involved in this.</i>

1431
01:24:14,346 --> 01:24:15,908
<i>I just said to have
a good life.</i>

1432
01:24:15,909 --> 01:24:18,242
Something must have happened to her,
right?

1433
01:24:18,244 --> 01:24:20,413
<i>She feels alone...</i>

1434
01:24:20,415 --> 01:24:22,665
Something must have happened.
Please tell everything.

1435
01:24:22,667 --> 01:24:26,376
<i>She asked you to
do not contact her.</i>

1436
01:24:26,377 --> 01:24:29,141
We were just born
in the wrong country.

1437
01:24:30,092 --> 01:24:32,860
We were born
in the wrong country!

1438
01:24:34,386 --> 01:24:36,446
My mother will be banished
to somewhere?

1439
01:24:36,448 --> 01:24:38,354
<i>She told you to have
a good life.</i>

1440
01:24:38,355 --> 01:24:40,296
<i>Sorry, but we need
hurry up.</i>

1441
01:24:40,298 --> 01:24:42,508
Okay.
Thanks.

1442
01:24:42,707 --> 01:24:46,574
Please tell my mother
for her to live for a long time.

1443
01:24:46,705 --> 01:24:48,363
<i>I will say.</i>

1444
01:24:48,896 --> 01:24:52,855
Please tell her that I have
Very proud to be her daughter.

1445
01:24:52,856 --> 01:24:56,518
Thank her
for bringing me into the world.

1446
01:24:57,025 --> 01:24:58,873
Please
tell her

1447
01:24:58,875 --> 01:25:01,705
I can't wait
to see her again.

1448
01:25:03,061 --> 01:25:05,621
<i>I will say.
We need to end the call.</i>

1449
01:25:05,663 --> 01:25:07,214
Okay.

1450
01:25:16,879 --> 01:25:19,607
VIENTIANE, LAOS

1451
01:25:23,290 --> 01:25:27,290
SAFE HOUSE AREA

1452
01:25:35,387 --> 01:25:37,399
All of this
it seems like a dream.

1453
01:25:37,852 --> 01:25:39,846
Am I dreaming?

1454
01:25:39,847 --> 01:25:43,053
I don't know if this is real
or if I'm dreaming.

1455
01:25:43,054 --> 01:25:46,105
Recently, the regime began
to reinforce ideological education.

1456
01:25:46,106 --> 01:25:48,494
They said we should
continue persevering

1457
01:25:48,495 --> 01:25:50,592
to the country
become prosperous.

1458
01:25:50,594 --> 01:25:52,484
They did
a ban list

1459
01:25:52,485 --> 01:25:56,673
that includes all those
whose family members had deserted

1460
01:25:56,674 --> 01:25:58,490
in the last three years.

1461
01:25:58,491 --> 01:26:01,576
When I knew
that we were on that list,

1462
01:26:01,577 --> 01:26:03,777
I felt
without hope.

1463
01:26:05,117 --> 01:26:09,700
If we had stayed,
they would have taken us in a car.

1464
01:26:10,017 --> 01:26:11,873
We wouldn't know

1465
01:26:11,874 --> 01:26:15,006
if they would come in the day
or at night.

1466
01:26:15,007 --> 01:26:18,347
We wouldn't know
where they would be taking us.

1467
01:26:19,053 --> 01:26:22,264
When you are banned,
the destination is an uninhabitable place.

1468
01:26:22,265 --> 01:26:23,932
Somewhere
in the mountains.

1469
01:26:23,933 --> 01:26:26,403
In the depths
from Kapsan County.

1470
01:26:26,404 --> 01:26:29,980
Since the times of the Joseon Dynasty,
Kapsan is a place for banishment,

1471
01:26:29,981 --> 01:26:33,315
because it is a place
extremely uninhabitable.

1472
01:26:33,646 --> 01:26:36,421
They would leave us
in this inhospitable place.

1473
01:26:37,983 --> 01:26:41,185
We'd take some blankets
and other things,

1474
01:26:41,191 --> 01:26:43,822
but when we got there,

1475
01:26:43,823 --> 01:26:46,377
they would take away
these belongings.

1476
01:26:46,889 --> 01:26:50,241
They would leave us there
and they would tell us to live there.

1477
01:26:50,243 --> 01:26:53,651
And then, that's the end.

1478
01:26:54,380 --> 01:26:57,098
We knew that,
if we were captured,

1479
01:26:57,099 --> 01:27:00,969
we would rather die
than come back,

1480
01:27:00,970 --> 01:27:03,340
then we take
cyanide pills.

1481
01:27:03,341 --> 01:27:06,818
We don't want children
knew we were deserting

1482
01:27:06,819 --> 01:27:10,503
so we lied and said
that we were going to pick mushrooms.

1483
01:27:10,504 --> 01:27:13,012
As we crossed
the Yalu River,

1484
01:27:13,013 --> 01:27:16,259
we describe
the different mushrooms from China.

1485
01:27:16,260 --> 01:27:19,437
I was afraid my mother would fall,
then I held her arms.

1486
01:27:19,439 --> 01:27:21,682
The children
they didn't have socks

1487
01:27:21,684 --> 01:27:24,514
then we wrap their feet
with my husband's shirt.

1488
01:27:24,515 --> 01:27:26,950
After we wander
for five days,

1489
01:27:26,951 --> 01:27:28,944
we found
a tent.

1490
01:27:28,945 --> 01:27:32,540
It was a Chinese ginseng stall
and there was a man there.

1491
01:27:32,541 --> 01:27:35,292
North Koreans steal
from the ginseng fields in China

1492
01:27:35,293 --> 01:27:37,659
to earn money,

1493
01:27:37,660 --> 01:27:40,822
but my mother and daughters were there,
so he let us in.

1494
01:27:40,823 --> 01:27:42,555
Our appearance
it gave.

1495
01:27:42,556 --> 01:27:44,500
Until tonight, we barely said
one word

1496
01:27:44,502 --> 01:27:47,055
and our hearts stayed
the size of a bean.

1497
01:27:47,056 --> 01:27:50,060
When I heard leaves rustling,
was completely immobile

1498
01:27:50,061 --> 01:27:53,571
and heard the faint sound
of trains passing by

1499
01:27:53,573 --> 01:27:55,455
The sound of the train whistle
told us

1500
01:27:55,456 --> 01:27:58,401
that we were still very close
from the North Korean border.

1501
01:27:58,402 --> 01:28:01,466
Then, from somewhere,
someone mentioned the pastor

1502
01:28:01,467 --> 01:28:06,243
and recorded our video
in the cabin.

1503
01:28:06,366 --> 01:28:09,159
<i>If Pastor Kim
hadn't decided to help,</i>

1504
01:28:09,160 --> 01:28:11,467
<i>there was some plan,
any hope?</i>

1505
01:28:11,468 --> 01:28:14,147
We would not have lived.
We wouldn't have.

1506
01:28:14,192 --> 01:28:17,558
Do you still think
Which North Korea is the best?

1507
01:28:17,560 --> 01:28:19,789
How should I respond?

1508
01:28:19,883 --> 01:28:24,251
"As it should"?
You can say whatever you feel.

1509
01:28:24,252 --> 01:28:26,347
If it's bad, it's bad.
If it's good, it's good.

1510
01:28:26,348 --> 01:28:27,934
Nothing was bad.

1511
01:28:27,935 --> 01:28:32,031
Right. So talk about it.
Don't look at me while talking.

1512
01:28:33,646 --> 01:28:37,029
I believe that Marshal Kim Jong-Un
it really is...

1513
01:28:37,359 --> 01:28:41,292
at a young age,
trying very hard

1514
01:28:41,294 --> 01:28:43,132
to provide sustenance
to so many people

1515
01:28:43,134 --> 01:28:44,865
Wait, mom.

1516
01:28:46,083 --> 01:28:47,902
Mom, don't lie.

1517
01:28:47,904 --> 01:28:50,485
When Kim Jong-Un
Did you give him rice to eat?

1518
01:28:50,487 --> 01:28:54,207
Just tell it like it is.
When did you eat rice? Don't lie.

1519
01:28:54,208 --> 01:28:57,711
They are asking if you
He has already been disappointed with Kim Jong-Un.

1520
01:28:57,712 --> 01:28:59,783
I never
I felt that way.

1521
01:28:59,784 --> 01:29:02,509
I had decided not to come
with my daughter.

1522
01:29:02,510 --> 01:29:05,260
I would stay in North Korea
and I would live alone until I die,

1523
01:29:05,262 --> 01:29:08,306
but the state security police
would oblige me to inform them

1524
01:29:08,307 --> 01:29:10,541
several times a day

1525
01:29:10,542 --> 01:29:13,342
and every time, they would make me pay
some value they wanted.

1526
01:29:13,344 --> 01:29:16,969
And now that I'm old,
I can't earn much.

1527
01:29:16,970 --> 01:29:20,281
Then, I realized that,
living or dying,

1528
01:29:20,282 --> 01:29:22,668
I needed to come
with my daughter.

1529
01:29:22,669 --> 01:29:25,279
I always thought that everyone
my wishes would come true

1530
01:29:25,280 --> 01:29:27,373
if, at least,
my country was better.

1531
01:29:27,374 --> 01:29:31,032
I mean,
our Great Leader Kim Jong-Un

1532
01:29:31,033 --> 01:29:33,918
is taking care of our country
at a young age.

1533
01:29:33,919 --> 01:29:37,842
So we must,
We really should...

1534
01:29:39,050 --> 01:29:40,605
work hard...

1535
01:29:40,606 --> 01:29:43,968
to leave Marshal Kim Jong-Un,
at least a little happy.

1536
01:29:43,969 --> 01:29:46,707
That's it
that I believe.

1537
01:29:48,942 --> 01:29:52,105
We were taught
that the Americans

1538
01:29:52,106 --> 01:29:54,353
it was the people
most evil in the world

1539
01:29:54,354 --> 01:29:56,947
and that, given the opportunity,

1540
01:29:57,382 --> 01:30:01,109
they simply
they would kill people.

1541
01:30:01,359 --> 01:30:05,257
So it seems that Americans
they would be like this

1542
01:30:05,258 --> 01:30:07,621
but it has been
the opposite.

1543
01:30:07,736 --> 01:30:09,541
I was...

1544
01:30:09,542 --> 01:30:13,196
talking to my daughter,
and I said:

1545
01:30:13,354 --> 01:30:16,286
"These Americans
are being good,

1546
01:30:16,287 --> 01:30:18,824
But what if that changes?

1547
01:30:18,825 --> 01:30:21,463
And if they kill us...

1548
01:30:21,464 --> 01:30:23,808
because we are
of North Korea?"

1549
01:30:23,809 --> 01:30:27,456
So I'm not sure
of what will happen,

1550
01:30:27,587 --> 01:30:31,346
but at this moment,
while I look at you

1551
01:30:31,347 --> 01:30:34,474
and I see how kind...

1552
01:30:34,713 --> 01:30:37,813
and good you are...

1553
01:30:38,182 --> 01:30:40,396
It makes me think that,
maybe,

1554
01:30:40,397 --> 01:30:44,288
my government lied to me,
somehow.

1555
01:30:53,369 --> 01:30:57,062
<i>If my mother disappears</i>

1556
01:30:59,759 --> 01:31:02,570
<i>will she come again?</i>

1557
01:31:03,096 --> 01:31:05,801
<i>Mom, mom.</i>

1558
01:31:08,663 --> 01:31:10,773
It's a children's song.

1559
01:31:10,774 --> 01:31:12,743
When the mother dies,

1560
01:31:12,744 --> 01:31:16,282
It's a song about a child
who needs to live alone.

1561
01:31:16,283 --> 01:31:18,908
What does she think
about Kim Jong-Un?

1562
01:31:23,541 --> 01:31:26,416
Can you say
what we both think.

1563
01:31:32,699 --> 01:31:35,311
He is the best person
of the world.

1564
01:31:37,615 --> 01:31:39,170
Yes.

1565
01:31:48,007 --> 01:31:50,610
There are no monkeys
in North Korea.

1566
01:31:52,091 --> 01:31:53,778
I feel sorry for him.

1567
01:31:53,969 --> 01:31:56,487
Sit down.
He doesn't understand Korean.

1568
01:31:56,488 --> 01:31:59,568
Look at his hands.
It looks like a person's hands.

1569
01:32:06,009 --> 01:32:08,407
- What fruit is this?
- Grapefruit.

1570
01:32:10,204 --> 01:32:13,433
- Do I need to remove this skin?
- You can eat it as is.

1571
01:32:13,434 --> 01:32:14,935
Is it a tangerine?

1572
01:32:14,936 --> 01:32:17,312
It looks like tangerine,
but a little more bitter.

1573
01:32:17,313 --> 01:32:19,647
- So, it's an orange.
- I want to try it.

1574
01:32:19,648 --> 01:32:22,294
But tangerine is orange in color.
I don't believe that.

1575
01:32:22,296 --> 01:32:24,167
My goodness!

1576
01:32:24,168 --> 01:32:26,550
He said:
"How delicious!"

1577
01:32:29,224 --> 01:32:31,566
Tomorrow night,
we will take a boat

1578
01:32:31,567 --> 01:32:33,485
to cross
the Mekong River.

1579
01:32:33,486 --> 01:32:35,884
Can I cross the river
with you,

1580
01:32:35,885 --> 01:32:37,764
but I can't go
in addition.

1581
01:32:37,765 --> 01:32:39,796
If I am caught illegally
in Thailand

1582
01:32:39,797 --> 01:32:42,125
I will receive at least
five years in prison.

1583
01:32:42,126 --> 01:32:45,676
However,
when they arrive in Thailand,

1584
01:32:45,677 --> 01:32:48,114
you finally
they will be free.

1585
01:32:48,164 --> 01:32:50,974
This is Thailand,
here is Laos

1586
01:32:51,131 --> 01:32:53,309
and this here
It's the Mekong River.

1587
01:32:53,310 --> 01:32:56,088
You will cross the Mekong
this way

1588
01:32:56,090 --> 01:32:58,464
and I will go with you,
but only so far,

1589
01:32:58,465 --> 01:33:00,362
to the shore.

1590
01:33:00,363 --> 01:33:03,404
You have been hiding from the police
this entire journey.

1591
01:33:03,405 --> 01:33:06,018
They were hiding in China,
also in Vietnam

1592
01:33:06,019 --> 01:33:08,820
and the same thing
here in Laos.

1593
01:33:08,821 --> 01:33:12,457
Why have you been hiding
in these countries?

1594
01:33:12,459 --> 01:33:15,010
Because they will send us back
to North Korea.

1595
01:33:15,011 --> 01:33:17,887
All these countries have strong ties
with North Korea.

1596
01:33:17,888 --> 01:33:20,547
Therefore, Thailand
It is our destiny.

1597
01:33:20,548 --> 01:33:23,098
In Thailand, they will want
get caught by the police

1598
01:33:23,100 --> 01:33:25,375
as quickly as possible.

1599
01:33:26,037 --> 01:33:27,685
After leaving
from the boat,

1600
01:33:27,686 --> 01:33:30,738
you will see small trails
in the rice fields.

1601
01:33:30,739 --> 01:33:34,844
Follow these trails
and they will come to a road.

1602
01:33:34,845 --> 01:33:38,032
It will be very dark, so be careful
so as not to be run over.

1603
01:33:38,033 --> 01:33:41,279
When they see someone,
say they are North Koreans.

1604
01:33:41,280 --> 01:33:45,202
Police cars will arrive
with lights and sirens.

1605
01:33:45,499 --> 01:33:48,809
Don't be afraid.
It is for you to be detained.

1606
01:33:49,003 --> 01:33:51,296
Now there are two things
need to know:

1607
01:33:51,297 --> 01:33:53,991
Lots of drugs
pass through Thailand

1608
01:33:53,992 --> 01:33:57,637
on the way to the USA
and Europe.

1609
01:33:57,638 --> 01:34:00,290
Because of this,
there is a lot of surveillance on the river.

1610
01:34:00,292 --> 01:34:03,774
We will cross a route
used for drug trafficking.

1611
01:34:03,775 --> 01:34:06,499
We must do
very silent.

1612
01:34:06,673 --> 01:34:09,353
Once,
when I crossed,

1613
01:34:09,354 --> 01:34:12,150
the police shot us,
while we were at the river.

1614
01:34:12,151 --> 01:34:14,607
The second thing
to know

1615
01:34:14,608 --> 01:34:16,695
is that our boat
It is long and narrow.

1616
01:34:16,696 --> 01:34:20,061
They need to hold on tight,
because he is very unstable.

1617
01:34:20,062 --> 01:34:24,281
If the boat loses its balance,
it can turn over easily.

1618
01:34:24,412 --> 01:34:27,749
At the beginning of this year,
five people died.

1619
01:34:27,900 --> 01:34:30,148
The depth of the water
It is not gradual.

1620
01:34:30,149 --> 01:34:31,973
It goes straight down.

1621
01:34:32,588 --> 01:34:35,564
It's very dramatic.
And the water swirls at the bottom.

1622
01:34:36,204 --> 01:34:39,377
This is the Mekong River.
So, if the boat capsizes...

1623
01:34:40,076 --> 01:34:42,181
there's a good chance
of us all dying.

1624
01:34:42,183 --> 01:34:44,997
Then the boat
approach slowly

1625
01:34:46,219 --> 01:34:48,513
from the margin
from Thailand,

1626
01:34:48,745 --> 01:34:51,700
then it will rotate
and will be parallel to the bank.

1627
01:34:51,858 --> 01:34:54,927
Those people who died
they became impatient.

1628
01:34:55,185 --> 01:34:58,874
We'll let you off the boat
one person at a time.

1629
01:34:58,875 --> 01:35:02,189
Being in a hurry will make the boat capsize
and all of us

1630
01:35:02,190 --> 01:35:04,494
we can drown.

1631
01:35:04,992 --> 01:35:08,562
The same thing applies
for when we get on the boat.

1632
01:35:08,563 --> 01:35:11,125
We must board
one person at a time.

1633
01:35:11,126 --> 01:35:13,389
This is very important.

1634
01:35:15,237 --> 01:35:19,265
MEKONG RIVER
Border between Laos and Thailand

1635
01:35:41,030 --> 01:35:43,335
Everyone get in the cars.
Quickly.

1636
01:35:43,337 --> 01:35:45,007
We are getting
no time.

1637
01:35:45,008 --> 01:35:47,762
The trunk door
is open.

1638
01:35:48,006 --> 01:35:50,257
We will arrive at the river
in 18 minutes.

1639
01:35:50,259 --> 01:35:52,243
We don't have
a long time.

1640
01:35:52,876 --> 01:35:55,768
<i>- Turn right.</i>
- Please turn off the headlights.

1641
01:35:56,130 --> 01:35:58,916
We will arrive
in a minute.

1642
01:36:00,043 --> 01:36:02,337
<i>You have arrived
to your destination.</i>

1643
01:36:03,345 --> 01:36:05,832
Intermediate:
<i>Don't leave yet.</i>

1644
01:36:06,890 --> 01:36:09,963
We need to go
as far away as possible.

1645
01:36:10,811 --> 01:36:12,436
Don't leave.

1646
01:36:16,672 --> 01:36:19,534
Our intermediary will go ahead.
He will go first.

1647
01:36:40,741 --> 01:36:44,241
MEKONG RIVER

1648
01:37:10,287 --> 01:37:12,553
Intermediate:
<i>Sit here.</i>

1649
01:37:13,838 --> 01:37:16,405
Closer.
Come closer.

1650
01:37:17,899 --> 01:37:19,935
Don't be impatient.

1651
01:37:20,903 --> 01:37:22,989
Come closer.

1652
01:37:23,510 --> 01:37:25,631
Come closer.

1653
01:37:28,987 --> 01:37:31,147
It's not better
should I stay more in the center?

1654
01:37:31,149 --> 01:37:32,786
It's good there.

1655
01:37:33,322 --> 01:37:35,061
Don't be impatient.

1656
01:37:35,062 --> 01:37:36,462
Slowly!

1657
01:37:38,732 --> 01:37:41,387
Mother, remain
right in the center.

1658
01:37:42,319 --> 01:37:44,306
Have a safe trip.

1659
01:37:44,307 --> 01:37:46,247
We'll see you
again.

1660
01:37:46,249 --> 01:37:47,846
Goodbye.

1661
01:38:53,755 --> 01:38:56,183
I can't see them anymore.

1662
01:39:07,557 --> 01:39:11,557
Intermediate: <i>stay still
and don't get off the boat yet.</i>

1663
01:39:17,367 --> 01:39:20,948
They need to leave
one person at a time.

1664
01:39:29,796 --> 01:39:32,287
Leave this way.
One by one.

1665
01:39:36,652 --> 01:39:38,424
Leave one by one.

1666
01:39:38,425 --> 01:39:40,690
All good?
One by one.

1667
01:39:41,092 --> 01:39:42,592
One by one.

1668
01:39:42,594 --> 01:39:44,058
Shepherd,

1669
01:39:44,059 --> 01:39:46,352
point the flashlight here,
please.

1670
01:39:46,593 --> 01:39:48,071
Come.
Skirt.

1671
01:39:48,073 --> 01:39:50,703
Grandma, you are too far away
to get up.

1672
01:39:50,705 --> 01:39:53,149
Come towards me,
first.

1673
01:39:53,151 --> 01:39:54,632
Mom...

1674
01:39:54,633 --> 01:39:57,167
Very well.
Leave now, grandma.

1675
01:39:58,143 --> 01:40:00,145
Jinhae, now you.

1676
01:40:03,345 --> 01:40:05,141
Slowly.
Leave one by one.

1677
01:40:05,143 --> 01:40:06,953
Slowly.
One by one.

1678
01:40:10,936 --> 01:40:12,915
Next.
Let's go.

1679
01:40:13,575 --> 01:40:15,888
I better carry her first
and leave, right?

1680
01:40:15,889 --> 01:40:18,763
You're fine like this.
Walk slowly.

1681
01:40:52,509 --> 01:40:55,156
Leave that there for now.
Get it later.

1682
01:40:55,157 --> 01:40:57,095
First,
the people.

1683
01:40:58,323 --> 01:41:00,731
If you follow this path,
they will find the road.

1684
01:41:00,733 --> 01:41:02,223
Yes.

1685
01:41:02,224 --> 01:41:04,954
Now, you are
in Thailand.

1686
01:41:05,424 --> 01:41:08,055
You found
freedom.

1687
01:41:08,133 --> 01:41:10,147
Thank you very much!

1688
01:41:13,632 --> 01:41:15,925
Enough, enough.
Let's go.

1689
01:41:19,367 --> 01:41:20,915
Don't cry.

1690
01:41:20,919 --> 01:41:22,750
I need to go.

1691
01:41:23,843 --> 01:41:26,718
Please follow the instructions
that I gave you.

1692
01:41:30,155 --> 01:41:32,689
- Let's see each other again.
- Of course.

1693
01:41:39,403 --> 01:41:42,903
SEOUL
South Korea

1694
01:41:53,111 --> 01:41:55,179
<i>- Hello.</i>
- Yes. Hello.

1695
01:41:55,322 --> 01:41:58,991
<i>I paid them
and asked for the information.</i>

1696
01:41:58,992 --> 01:42:00,392
Yes.

1697
01:42:01,434 --> 01:42:04,834
<i>It's not something that can
be resolved with money.</i>

1698
01:42:06,333 --> 01:42:09,200
<i>Come on we need to leave this
to the destination.</i>

1699
01:42:09,836 --> 01:42:12,585
But do you think
that there is any chance

1700
01:42:12,586 --> 01:42:14,715
of him coming out alive?

1701
01:42:14,806 --> 01:42:17,068
Could there be
any way?

1702
01:42:17,651 --> 01:42:19,311
<i>No, there is not.</i>

1703
01:42:20,011 --> 01:42:23,176
- But...
<i>- He can't leave. I already told you.</i>

1704
01:42:24,326 --> 01:42:26,100
<i>Do you understand?</i>

1705
01:42:26,520 --> 01:42:29,580
<i>- Did you understand what I said?</i>
- Got it.

1706
01:42:31,787 --> 01:42:34,247
<i>I also have a family
in that place.</i>

1707
01:42:34,248 --> 01:42:36,772
<i>My older sister
It's there.</i>

1708
01:42:38,135 --> 01:42:41,238
<i>Let's not talk for long.
It's not safe.</i>

1709
01:42:41,409 --> 01:42:43,199
I just found out...

1710
01:42:43,268 --> 01:42:46,368
<i>Video chat
with the film's director.</i>

1711
01:42:46,400 --> 01:42:49,667
that my son was sent
to the field 10 days ago.

1712
01:42:51,763 --> 01:42:54,932
I don't know if I've already shown this
for you.

1713
01:42:57,777 --> 01:43:00,716
He was finished...

1714
01:43:00,717 --> 01:43:03,382
to cross
the Yalu River.

1715
01:43:03,384 --> 01:43:06,049
It's covered
of dirt.

1716
01:43:08,556 --> 01:43:12,512
My God, they sent
this little boy to the gulag.

1717
01:43:17,154 --> 01:43:19,341
He almost made it.

1718
01:43:23,876 --> 01:43:26,818
<i>After arriving in Thailand
and prove they are North Koreans,</i>

1719
01:43:26,820 --> 01:43:29,720
<i>the Roh family was sent
to a facility in South Korea</i>

1720
01:43:29,722 --> 01:43:33,056
<i>where they learned about the world
outside of North Korea.</i>

1721
01:43:33,057 --> 01:43:35,357
<i>it is a process
that every deserter goes through,</i>

1722
01:43:35,359 --> 01:43:37,628
<i>before receiving housing,
other benefits</i>

1723
01:43:37,629 --> 01:43:40,053
<i>and integrate
 � South Korean society.</i>

1724
01:43:40,054 --> 01:43:43,361
SEVEN MONTHS AFTER THEY STOPPED
ON THAI SOIL

1725
01:44:16,273 --> 01:44:17,945
10th floor.

1726
01:44:27,037 --> 01:44:28,697
Open the door.

1727
01:44:29,441 --> 01:44:31,125
Grandma!

1728
01:44:31,741 --> 01:44:33,769
My grandma!
How long has it been!

1729
01:44:33,770 --> 01:44:35,355
Come here.

1730
01:44:35,569 --> 01:44:37,319
There you are.

1731
01:44:37,321 --> 01:44:38,846
You came.

1732
01:44:40,604 --> 01:44:43,303
Grandma, you won
new teeth.

1733
01:44:45,528 --> 01:44:48,482
This house is good.
There is room for all of you.

1734
01:44:48,704 --> 01:44:50,580
We can lend you
a room.

1735
01:44:50,582 --> 01:44:52,510
It's here
where they will start over.

1736
01:44:52,512 --> 01:44:54,514
It's your home.
A recommendation.

1737
01:44:54,515 --> 01:44:57,265
A little better than those
that the People's Party gives.

1738
01:44:57,267 --> 01:44:58,960
The Party
it doesn't give houses!

1739
01:44:58,961 --> 01:45:01,661
I thought they promised education,
free healthcare and housing.

1740
01:45:01,663 --> 01:45:04,128
It's a big lie!

1741
01:45:26,698 --> 01:45:29,548
Honey, watch this video
that we received from North Korea.

1742
01:45:29,550 --> 01:45:31,528
It arrived the day before yesterday.

1743
01:45:33,805 --> 01:45:37,459
They are one of the best apartments.
None of them have elevators.

1744
01:45:37,461 --> 01:45:41,130
The people there think
That's how everyone lives.

1745
01:45:41,131 --> 01:45:43,707
See this much
of smoke.

1746
01:45:43,903 --> 01:45:47,591
It's because they use wood
for heating and cooking.

1747
01:45:48,414 --> 01:45:50,198
- Al�?
<i>- Is it the Shepherd?</i>

1748
01:45:50,202 --> 01:45:51,974
- Yes.
<i>- Some people</i>

1749
01:45:51,975 --> 01:45:54,475
<i>they want to cross the border.
Can you help them in China?</i>

1750
01:45:54,477 --> 01:45:58,031
You are in North Korea
and maybe you don't know about the Coronavirus,

1751
01:45:58,033 --> 01:46:02,319
but the route from China to Thailand
is currently blocked.

1752
01:46:02,363 --> 01:46:04,601
Our.
Why so many messages?

1753
01:46:04,929 --> 01:46:06,557
- Hello?
<i>- Hello.</i>

1754
01:46:06,558 --> 01:46:09,231
<i>My mother and my younger brother
are in North Korea.</i>

1755
01:46:09,232 --> 01:46:11,478
<i>I wanted
your help.</i>

1756
01:46:12,000 --> 01:46:16,139
At the moment, even if they can
cross the Yalu River,

1757
01:46:16,140 --> 01:46:19,241
they won't be able to
move around China.

1758
01:46:19,243 --> 01:46:22,735
Things are very serious.
You can't get to Thailand via China.

1759
01:46:22,736 --> 01:46:26,514
There are days when I don't get paid
no connection,

1760
01:46:26,516 --> 01:46:30,379
but I can also receive
two figures in one day.

1761
01:46:30,698 --> 01:46:35,121
And it's heartbreaking
We are unable to help at this time.

1762
01:46:36,793 --> 01:46:39,247
<i>- Hi!</i>
- How are you?

1763
01:46:39,249 --> 01:46:40,973
<i>How are you?
South Korea?</i>

1764
01:46:40,974 --> 01:46:43,776
We are so fine
that we cannot describe.

1765
01:46:43,777 --> 01:46:46,487
- We love it.
- Visit us, after covid.

1766
01:46:46,488 --> 01:46:47,988
- You'll come, right?
<i>- Yes!</i>

1767
01:46:47,989 --> 01:46:50,553
<i>What are some of the things
most surprising...</i>

1768
01:46:50,554 --> 01:46:54,495
When we knew the truth
about the regime,

1769
01:46:54,496 --> 01:46:56,226
we were completely
shocked.

1770
01:46:56,227 --> 01:47:00,250
I regret coming
at such an advanced age.

1771
01:47:00,251 --> 01:47:02,836
If I came sooner,
when I was younger,

1772
01:47:02,837 --> 01:47:06,104
I could have changed
my perspective earlier.

1773
01:47:08,349 --> 01:47:10,499
We North Koreans
we tend to be skeptical,

1774
01:47:10,501 --> 01:47:13,194
even when we have the proof
in our hands.

1775
01:47:13,195 --> 01:47:15,262
When we watch videos
from the outside world,

1776
01:47:15,263 --> 01:47:18,151
we generally thought
that were false.

1777
01:47:18,300 --> 01:47:20,601
We were living
like worms.

1778
01:47:20,603 --> 01:47:22,503
Come here
in my 50s,

1779
01:47:22,504 --> 01:47:24,497
I feel like I lost
many opportunities.

1780
01:47:24,498 --> 01:47:27,613
It is a disturbing observation.
I quickly become speechless

1781
01:47:27,614 --> 01:47:30,319
to describe
how angry I am.

1782
01:47:37,793 --> 01:47:40,387
We don't leave
from North Korea

1783
01:47:40,388 --> 01:47:42,315
just by wanting to.

1784
01:47:42,348 --> 01:47:44,984
Most deserters
came to South Korea

1785
01:47:44,986 --> 01:47:46,956
to survive.

1786
01:47:47,036 --> 01:47:49,566
Brothers, families, children.

1787
01:47:49,614 --> 01:47:52,515
Everyone was separated.

1788
01:47:53,054 --> 01:47:55,476
If it weren't
by the North Korean regime,

1789
01:47:55,477 --> 01:47:58,714
there would be no reason
for people to leave.

1790
01:47:58,977 --> 01:48:01,740
We could simply
have lived there.

1791
01:48:07,420 --> 01:48:10,051
China's police
sent me these things.

1792
01:48:10,053 --> 01:48:12,472
Cheong was with them
and stayed in China

1793
01:48:12,473 --> 01:48:14,194
when he
was repatriated.

1794
01:48:14,195 --> 01:48:17,194
The Day of the Sun is the birthday
by Kim Il-Sung.

1795
01:48:17,313 --> 01:48:20,376
This medal was
for an art contest that day.

1796
01:48:20,377 --> 01:48:22,420
Cheong worked well
with brush.

1797
01:48:22,422 --> 01:48:24,569
This was
by handwriting.

1798
01:48:25,193 --> 01:48:27,419
And this was
for a drawing.

1799
01:48:27,699 --> 01:48:30,852
Mother and son just wanting to live.
Is this a sin?

1800
01:48:30,853 --> 01:48:32,612
It's not.

1801
01:48:33,386 --> 01:48:36,556
A son just trying
find his mother.

1802
01:48:39,136 --> 01:48:42,562
It's not just anger.
I hate the Kim regime.

1803
01:48:44,929 --> 01:48:47,941
That was my home
for 40 years.

1804
01:48:47,942 --> 01:48:50,065
Can you imagine...

1805
01:48:50,066 --> 01:48:53,230
what was the feeling
to leave my home?

1806
01:48:53,448 --> 01:48:56,048
I miss
of my relatives and...

1807
01:49:00,513 --> 01:49:04,724
All my relatives, friends
and memories are there.

1808
01:49:05,057 --> 01:49:07,637
I want to have these moments
with them again,

1809
01:49:07,638 --> 01:49:10,008
but I know
that I can't.

1810
01:49:11,549 --> 01:49:14,484
Sometimes I look
to the sky...

1811
01:49:14,485 --> 01:49:16,470
the birds
are flying

1812
01:49:16,471 --> 01:49:18,064
and I think:

1813
01:49:18,065 --> 01:49:21,806
"If I were a bird,
I could fly wherever I want.

1814
01:49:21,851 --> 01:49:24,937
And if I fly
to North Korea,

1815
01:49:24,938 --> 01:49:27,062
see everyone there?"

1816
01:49:27,777 --> 01:49:29,177
And I think:

1817
01:49:29,179 --> 01:49:32,260
"What if you see that your friend
is dying

1818
01:49:32,261 --> 01:49:34,895
due to hunger or illness?

1819
01:49:37,354 --> 01:49:40,780
You are a little bird.
You can't help them.

1820
01:49:41,702 --> 01:49:44,896
So it would be a joy
you see this reality

1821
01:49:44,897 --> 01:49:48,597
or would it be better
if you don't know and don't come?

1822
01:49:48,733 --> 01:49:51,186
Which of the two options
makes you happy?"

1823
01:49:52,097 --> 01:49:54,179
But I miss
of everyone.

1824
01:49:54,181 --> 01:49:56,863
I miss
from that place

1825
01:49:57,138 --> 01:49:59,145
all the time.

1826
01:50:02,073 --> 01:50:06,475
Right now, as we talk,
around 6pm,

1827
01:50:06,476 --> 01:50:09,416
people in North Korea
must be in a market

1828
01:50:09,418 --> 01:50:12,177
trying to sell
another rice cake.

1829
01:50:12,684 --> 01:50:15,537
Stay out of the house
until it gets completely dark,

1830
01:50:15,538 --> 01:50:17,612
waiting
sell more.

1831
01:50:17,613 --> 01:50:20,200
- A bowl of pasta for home
- Success.

1832
01:50:20,201 --> 01:50:23,192
What if the boss says you
he didn't work well one day,

1833
01:50:23,193 --> 01:50:26,665
You will spend the night being scolded
and you won't have...

1834
01:50:26,844 --> 01:50:29,200
not a single
rice grain.

1835
01:50:29,201 --> 01:50:33,468
They will tell you that you work
just to make Kim Jong-Un happy.

1836
01:50:33,929 --> 01:50:36,129
Even though it was
a difficult journey,

1837
01:50:36,131 --> 01:50:37,997
now we are happy,
but...

1838
01:50:37,998 --> 01:50:41,827
think about who is still there
keeps me awake at night.

1839
01:50:42,124 --> 01:50:44,128
Me too.

1840
01:50:44,296 --> 01:50:49,296
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1841
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