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Korean. Mandarin. Seoul Train is a 2004 documentary film that deals with the dangerous journeys of North Korean defectors fleeing through or to China. These journeys are both dangerous and daring, since if caught, they face forced repatriation, torture, and possible execution.
In June 2002, 17 North Korean defectors were reportedly captured by Vietnamese border forces and deported to China. [120] [121] 5 North Korean defectors who surrendered to the Ho Chi Minh City police in May 2004 in an appeal to go to South Korea were reportedly deported to China by Vietnamese authorities on 16 June. [122]
Beyond Utopia. Beyond Utopia is a 2023 American documentary film directed by Madeleine Gavin. Debuted at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival, the documentary largely centers around Pastor Seungeun Kim, a South Korean human rights activist and director of the Caleb Mission, which has rescued over 1,000 North Korean defectors since 2000.
Oh Chong-song (Korean: 오청성; born 1992 or 1993), also spelled Oh Chung-sung, [2] is a North Korean defector. Oh is one of several defectors who have defected to South Korea via the Joint Security Area (JSA). [3][4] Prior to his defection, Oh was an industrial engineer. [5] South Korean investigators concluded Oh "impulsively" defected.
Yeonmi Park. Yeonmi Park (Korean: 박연미; born October 4, 1993) is a North Korean defector, YouTuber, author, and American conservative activist, described as "one of the most famous North Korean defectors in the world". [3] She fled from North Korea to China in 2007 at age 13 before moving to South Korea, then to the United States.
Other work. Teacher, actor, translator. James Joseph Dresnok (Korean: 제임스 조새프 드레스녹, November 24, 1941 – November 2016) was an American defector to North Korea, one of seven U.S. soldiers to defect after the Korean War. After defecting, Dresnok worked as an actor in propaganda films, some directed by Kim Jong Il, [2] and as ...
Reuters reported in 2019 that Chinese authorities had conducted raids that disrupted defector networks and resulted in the arrests of at least 30 North Koreans. But some defectors say the ...
Contents. List of American and British defectors in the Korean War. This list names the 22 United Nations soldiers and prisoners of war (one Briton and 21 Americans) who declined repatriation to the United Kingdom and United States after the Korean War in favour of remaining in China, and their subsequent fates.