A North Korean family's life 10 years after their escape | BBC News
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Retracing the Perilous Escape of a North Korean Family 10 Years Later
Revisit the extraordinary journey of the Park family, revealing the escalating danger faced by those fleeing North Korea today. Learn about the extreme measures taken to survive capture and find freedom.
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- North Korean escape routes have dramatically tightened due to increased ideological control and shoot-to-kill border policies.
- The Park family endured severe hardships, including frostbite and the necessity of carrying poison to avoid repatriation from China.
- Their story highlights the human drive for better living conditions, questioning the narrative that defectors are traitors.
This segment reviews the harrowing 3,000-kilometre journey of the Park family a decade later, detailing the brutal conditions in North Korea and the risks taken crossing China and Laos to reach South Korea.
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Top Comments (10)
They haven't betrayed their country, their country has betrayed them!!!!
I'm glad they survived 🙏
She looks younger 10 years later! ❤
Wow....sometimes we forget how extremely lucky we are to NOT be born in north Korea! Life can be shitty sometimes, but im glad I wasn't born in NK
97 yr old #NavyVeteranKorea here. N.MICHIGAN. God bless this family. I wish when I served we could have fully taken down the " Kim " regime permanently.
If North Korea was as wonderful as they want the world to think, they wouldn’t have to do everything in their power to stop people from defecting.
It’s nice to know there are compassionate Chinese citizens that help.
Everyone in North Korea is a prisoner! It’s a giant prison!
The son looks very different way back... and now looking good and healthy ,
Mrs. Park is absolutely right, "We are human beings who want a better life." That's not betrayal. That's wanting to live freely and peacefully. Wishing the Park Family all the best 💜
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Top Comments (10)
They haven't betrayed their country, their country has betrayed them!!!!
I'm glad they survived 🙏
She looks younger 10 years later! ❤
Wow....sometimes we forget how extremely lucky we are to NOT be born in north Korea! Life can be shitty sometimes, but im glad I wasn't born in NK
97 yr old #NavyVeteranKorea here. N.MICHIGAN. God bless this family. I wish when I served we could have fully taken down the " Kim " regime permanently.
If North Korea was as wonderful as they want the world to think, they wouldn’t have to do everything in their power to stop people from defecting.
It’s nice to know there are compassionate Chinese citizens that help.
Everyone in North Korea is a prisoner! It’s a giant prison!
The son looks very different way back... and now looking good and healthy ,
Mrs. Park is absolutely right, "We are human beings who want a better life." That's not betrayal. That's wanting to live freely and peacefully. Wishing the Park Family all the best 💜