Escaping from North Korea is Only the Beginning (2007)

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Escape from North Korea (2007): So many people have defected from North Korea that the government is now building a wall along the Chinese border. This exclusive report follows one family's dangerous exodus.
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At a safe house in China, a brother and sister collapse into each other arms. For months, 'Uncle Jung' has been trying to smuggle his sister and her family out of North Korea. Today, they crossed the Tumen river into China. "We wanted to wait for darkness but were afraid the guards would find us", explains Park Myong Kwan. "So we just jumped into the river". One risky journey may have ended for the Park family but another is just beginning. China regularly returns refugees to North Korea where they face almost certain execution. In contrast, Thailand deports immigrants to South Korea. Over the next week, the Parks will travel by any means possible to the Lao border, a journey of 4,000 miles. They don't speak Chinese and don t have any documents. "We feel like we're lying on a chopping board right now", confides Park Myong Kwan. "It's like we're gambling but the stakes are our lives". But for them, the gamble pays off. They make it to Thailand before being arrested. In a few months, they will be flown to South Korea, where they can build a new life.
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@francoishuman3479 7 жыл бұрын

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

@piccoxpy7579 7 жыл бұрын

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

@red3y3z1 7 жыл бұрын

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

@TheAnthoula14 7 жыл бұрын

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

@greysonwayne1741 7 жыл бұрын

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

@PrincessAshley12 7 жыл бұрын

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

@kelli_with_an_I Жыл бұрын

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

@williamquiles4382 Жыл бұрын

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

@cmichelle6888 Ай бұрын

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

@thorguldhammer7642 Ай бұрын

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

@xxxstarrdd 15 күн бұрын

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@xxxstarrdd 15 күн бұрын

@@cmichelle6888😊😊😊😊

@lesliechapa7463 4 жыл бұрын

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

@buttkid3548 3 жыл бұрын

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

@jinimurray4090 2 жыл бұрын

@@buttkid3548 Deuteronomy 29:29

@CTLatteberry 5 жыл бұрын

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

@maliastone6969 5 жыл бұрын

Whoa | k.

@Maho_Stitch 5 жыл бұрын

Damn.

@harrypoosie3035 4 жыл бұрын

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

@xcesar4impx666 4 жыл бұрын

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

@judeaberdeen6848 4 жыл бұрын

@@xcesar4impx666 k

@MOS-MHz 7 жыл бұрын

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

@sapphirexwind 5 жыл бұрын

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

@Oline1756 5 жыл бұрын

Thai people are lovely especially the girls😍😍😻😻

@userseveneleven 5 жыл бұрын

Lee Ice "Girls" you mean ladyboys

@Oline1756 5 жыл бұрын

@@userseveneleven No the literally girls hahaha,,,but maybe lady boys can pay me by frontblowing me hehehe😂😂

@haltuaketti420 5 жыл бұрын

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

@GlasUndMetall Жыл бұрын

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

@IRosamelia Жыл бұрын

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

@northeastvillagelife9918 Жыл бұрын

Why north Korean people unite and protest against Kim jong

@IRosamelia Жыл бұрын

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

@possiblykillylol Жыл бұрын

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

@Thehermitist Жыл бұрын

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

@loa6223 3 жыл бұрын

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

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@MS-ql8ek 4 жыл бұрын

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

@watsinurfreezer8789 4 жыл бұрын

From where so much money

@MS-ql8ek 4 жыл бұрын

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

@choongching 4 жыл бұрын

good

@VViv37 4 жыл бұрын

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

@minhvo3657 4 жыл бұрын

wats in ur freezer very stupid question!!

@luckychamps7643 7 жыл бұрын

all countries should help people in North Korea

@rosedonna3946 7 жыл бұрын

and people in Afghanistan, Iran, and Saudi Arabia

@samuelfraser9199 6 жыл бұрын

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

@basedpro-ua3470 6 жыл бұрын

rose donna Saudi Arabia is a rich country

@valerietaylor4701 5 жыл бұрын

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

@sezrekahneldar4058 5 жыл бұрын

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

@wrux 7 жыл бұрын

I bet they got a shock when they arrived in Seoul

@wrux 7 жыл бұрын

God don't exist.

@luisfranco9394 7 жыл бұрын

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

@shanemeenaghan9328 7 жыл бұрын

Callum B shut the fuck up bitch he does ya asswipe

@wrux 7 жыл бұрын

typical neandertal god fearing comment

@Vincent-pz3bc 7 жыл бұрын

Luis Franco ur stupid

@sarahhalford9881 5 жыл бұрын

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

@JustAnotherNamelessGuy 5 жыл бұрын

cuz we can

@renalcoco6388 5 жыл бұрын

it is so sad my brother

@aliyahdel2721 5 жыл бұрын

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

@deletedwaffles 4 жыл бұрын

Alas that's called freedom.

@robotripshit 4 жыл бұрын

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

@minhvo3657 5 жыл бұрын

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

@Rlnd19 5 жыл бұрын

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

@davinlim 4 жыл бұрын

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

@davinlim 4 жыл бұрын

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

@pjmsparkle5104 4 жыл бұрын

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

@wowbruh2511 4 жыл бұрын

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

@mabel8179 7 жыл бұрын

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

@abosaliling4857 5 жыл бұрын

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

@TangyTomato 4 жыл бұрын

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

@echad6259 4 жыл бұрын

Yes.

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@drone6917 2 жыл бұрын

@SusieSynth 7 жыл бұрын

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

@tsommers3284 5 жыл бұрын

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

@fedrickharkrang9148 4 жыл бұрын

👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻😍😍

@JessicaGarcia-xf9wr 3 жыл бұрын

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

@drone6917 2 жыл бұрын

@disappearintothesea Жыл бұрын

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

@discarded1669 Жыл бұрын

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

@cjames4711 Жыл бұрын

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

@AbzLawso Жыл бұрын

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

@fishbed_ Жыл бұрын

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

@fishbed_ Жыл бұрын

@Mickeys Time i guess so

@adambi2693 4 жыл бұрын

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

@kan9431 4 жыл бұрын

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

@derxert521 3 жыл бұрын

@@kan9431 it's not the truth lmao

@kan9431 3 жыл бұрын

@@derxert521 How is not the truth?

@derxert521 3 жыл бұрын

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

@derxert521 3 жыл бұрын

@@kan9431 I've been there and its nothing like he says]

@hardbodykb 7 жыл бұрын

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

@mabel8179 7 жыл бұрын

Me too- lovely and brave family.

@at1212b 5 жыл бұрын

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

@drone6917 2 жыл бұрын

@relaxationstation7374 7 жыл бұрын

People shouldn't have to live like this, it is my sincere hope that these people are able to find a much better life...

@bdub9842 5 жыл бұрын

Praying for your safety in JESUS HOLY NAME!

@sunshine0081 3 жыл бұрын

God bless you!

@drone6917 2 жыл бұрын

@Hari-sv5og 5 жыл бұрын

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

@CEB1896 4 жыл бұрын

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

@rw3936 7 жыл бұрын

Happy 10 year anniversary of freedom!

@mayattv4986 4 жыл бұрын

They committed suicide

@dragos3953 4 жыл бұрын

@@mayattv4986 no they didn't...

@ritalun_naulak 4 жыл бұрын

Louie Salvador WHAT!!!!

@aibansharailyngdoh8608 4 жыл бұрын

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

@ilovesuga22 4 жыл бұрын

Louie Salvador Please stop lying.

@ALostExplorer Жыл бұрын

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

@JWalia05 12 сағат бұрын

Any update on the family?

@kelli_with_an_I Жыл бұрын

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

@TomorrowWeLive 10 ай бұрын

Damn near had me tearing up over here

@natashamichael5933 7 ай бұрын

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

@imapseudonym7503 6 жыл бұрын

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

@derxert521 4 жыл бұрын

China isn't that authoritarian. China has their own developed internet and freedom of movement. They have most basic fundamental freedoms apart from speech

@trustee8503 4 жыл бұрын

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

@logantca 3 жыл бұрын

@@derxert521 @Tiger Tiger China has the most sophisticated oppressive government in the world. They have a police state unlike any other on this earth, efficient and cruel. In China's northeastern providences, they track peoples faces, locations, community gatherings and more to give every citizen there a "citizen score," and if that score falls too low, they can't travel, they lose jobs, they get imprisoned. Members of the Uyghur ethnic and religious group, native to that region, are being placed into concentration (or "re-education") camps, being separated from their families, being "disappeared," etc. China has a brutal history of human rights violations and war crimes, and that history is still being written. www.nbcnews.com/news/world/uighurs-accuse-china-mass-detention-torture-landmark-complaint-n1239493

@derxert521 3 жыл бұрын

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

@logantca 3 жыл бұрын

@@derxert521 The dictatorial leadership of the Peoples Republic of China is internationally recognized as one of the most oppressive regimes ever to stain the Earth with it's presence and monstrous actions. Below you will find a small number of reported human rights violations, from religions, to ethnic, to free speech, to torture, to unfair trials. These are from a swathe of different sources, including independent, government, and international. www.hrw.org/world-report/2020/country-chapters/china-and-tibet www.christianpost.com/news/china-bans-christians-from-photocopying-hymns-religious-material.html www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/china-uighur-muslims-video-liu-xiaoming-bbc-andrew-marr-human-rights-abuse-a9627066.html www.dw.com/en/german-report-spells-out-china-human-rights-abuses-against-uighur-muslims/a-52216644 www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2020/06/china-national-security-law-for-hong-kong-risks-turning-city-into-police-state/ www.state.gov/reports/2019-country-reports-on-human-rights-practices/china/ www.bbc.com/news/blogs-china-blog-36704380 And a Wikipedia page with hundreds of uniquely cited articles in a case against China. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_rights_in_China

@ShyAnn291 7 жыл бұрын

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

@mbey13419 7 жыл бұрын

ShyAnn291 Kim Jong-Un*

@stackorstarve5190 7 жыл бұрын

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

@mbey13419 7 жыл бұрын

Liam Jacobson Understandable, have a great day.

@MrBagusbah 6 жыл бұрын

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

@TrawaBros 6 жыл бұрын

Kim Jong Un. Idiot.

@missmac1771 7 жыл бұрын

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

@mateochiriboga8558 Жыл бұрын

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

@KM-vq6xc 5 жыл бұрын

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

@reveluvie8763 7 жыл бұрын

I want a follow up of this family please journeyman

@iidentifyasyourhighness9294 6 жыл бұрын

yu an me too

@jiecsmearsenoico168 6 жыл бұрын

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

@howlingowl2311 5 жыл бұрын

I hope they are doing well in SK

@trolltruth5037 5 жыл бұрын

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

@kimmoore0427 5 жыл бұрын

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

@ianbryant6499 7 жыл бұрын

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

@adelehammond1621 5 жыл бұрын

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

@bdub9842 5 жыл бұрын

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

@ninofromkitchennightmares1497 4 жыл бұрын

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

@fukubich8392 2 жыл бұрын

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

@rochebotha692 2 жыл бұрын

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

@dr.thunder5014 Жыл бұрын

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

@freesia2067 7 жыл бұрын

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

@drone6917 2 жыл бұрын

@ricaudiograph27 7 жыл бұрын

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

@sgcl10658 7 жыл бұрын

Who? The girl or the mother in the video?

@joannekim7000 6 жыл бұрын

Rico Pajarilla

@suicidaltendencies99 5 жыл бұрын

You full of shit

@Deeviiouss 5 жыл бұрын

What’s the name

@GaeBulga 5 жыл бұрын

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

@kevincvang 5 жыл бұрын

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

@nessbeck8839 3 жыл бұрын

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

@CulturedWhiteBoy 7 жыл бұрын

A follow-up would be great.

@altouna 4 жыл бұрын

Pill Cosby what are you talking about?

@zombie5258 4 жыл бұрын

@Pill Cosby true!!!

@freshfrozen3035 3 жыл бұрын

@Pill Cosby exactly bro

@freshfrozen3035 3 жыл бұрын

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

@EPSTomcat11 7 жыл бұрын

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

@sintithchhour7983 7 жыл бұрын

..l

@sabahandiKL 7 жыл бұрын

they now are living in south korea

@mamoudoundiaye822 7 жыл бұрын

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

@mbey13419 7 жыл бұрын

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

@livinglegend1187 7 жыл бұрын

The Judge What are you talking about?

@oldbat2ccats 4 жыл бұрын

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

@harrypoosie3035 3 жыл бұрын

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

@sgcl10658 7 жыл бұрын

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

@ivetastripeikaite307 5 жыл бұрын

Perhaps they fear for their safety

@jlei440 4 жыл бұрын

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

@christophersmith8272 7 жыл бұрын

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

@ejr23 7 жыл бұрын

I'm sure they made it to South Korea.

@golden4730 6 жыл бұрын

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

@thegreatrespectedsupremele1253 6 жыл бұрын

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

@bdub9842 5 жыл бұрын

Praying they all make it to safety!

@mayattv4986 4 жыл бұрын

@@bdub9842 this was 12 years ago

@rhyswong8976 3 жыл бұрын

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

@AbsoluteMiniacGena 5 жыл бұрын

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

@ngchaiming Жыл бұрын

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

@1he0n3and0nly Жыл бұрын

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

@redrumreverse964 11 ай бұрын

@@1he0n3and0nlyno that’s not her

@MoonlightSonata160 10 ай бұрын

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

@jesrod2202 10 ай бұрын

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

@wijeratnegamingblitz1595 6 жыл бұрын

Jung speaks very good english

@dawidczerniak5177 7 жыл бұрын

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

@K1LL3R4xd 7 жыл бұрын

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

@dawidczerniak5177 7 жыл бұрын

yeah what ever ya pussy Jelf Gaming

@Cheaty_Four 7 жыл бұрын

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

@Cheaty_Four 7 жыл бұрын

GriffinBrotatoChip huh?

@luisfranco9394 7 жыл бұрын

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

@affordablefoodideas 3 жыл бұрын

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

@mrsTraveller64 5 жыл бұрын

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

@connordrake5713 4 жыл бұрын

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

@BootsORiley 2 жыл бұрын

I just want to give her a huge hug.

@rockstarofredondo Жыл бұрын

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

@fusemore1059 Жыл бұрын

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

@tuna3875 Жыл бұрын

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

@darkwhite9310 3 жыл бұрын

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

@jagabaniii4221 6 ай бұрын

Yes, that will be very helpful

@Rpeesss 5 жыл бұрын

God bless Thailand and South Korea

@laetitialogan2017 4 жыл бұрын

Amen

@MadanSuvedi Жыл бұрын

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

@Foxforce_6 3 жыл бұрын

God bless everyone that’s suffering in North Korea

@jimmywpavlovic 3 жыл бұрын

He really blessed them.

@verdiernoyama9681 Жыл бұрын

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

@jackandreiderecho4050 3 жыл бұрын

thank you for filming from start to end!

@olympe95880 7 жыл бұрын

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

@ruso1717 7 жыл бұрын

The daughter is so beautiful :)

@Anonymous_Belle 5 жыл бұрын

The boy is handsome ha ha ha.

@KMCDM 5 жыл бұрын

Happy end, snakemassage..

@ohyeahyeah4119 5 жыл бұрын

Ifkr

@ArvinG 5 жыл бұрын

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

@killerclown7418 5 жыл бұрын

These Indians are everywhere

@veniceesteban3752 5 жыл бұрын

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

@btsarmy.girlliveinmyownwor5798 3 жыл бұрын

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

@mondaymonologue5416 4 жыл бұрын

These people who help people escape are heroes.

@VeeJoy 7 жыл бұрын

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

@michellereed479 5 жыл бұрын

CK is a hero!

@kaeggwhite29 Жыл бұрын

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

@elizabethdavitt4628 Жыл бұрын

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

@carltamayo7965 7 жыл бұрын

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

@piccoxpy7579 7 жыл бұрын

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

@aprilevesta.iglesia7946 7 жыл бұрын

Ox_bien.mée très alexandre de toquevell

@KiyokaMakibi 5 жыл бұрын

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

@Crazyhead009 5 жыл бұрын

awesome to see video of their journey. I rlly need an update of em

@foodtantric7297 5 жыл бұрын

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

@jimbennett3788 2 жыл бұрын

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

@sug_madic6133 2 жыл бұрын

Im from ph and our neighbor is a north korean defector

@Incognito61307 6 жыл бұрын

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

@wesleyy1691 4 жыл бұрын

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

@TheWorldInsider 3 жыл бұрын

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

@pastaapastaa6169 3 жыл бұрын

Who says North koreans are ugly?

@pastaapastaa6169 3 жыл бұрын

Only their supreme leader is.

@CaffeineBrittany 3 жыл бұрын

I mean, she’s Korean...

@jayluis189 2 жыл бұрын

Lol Because she's Korean..

@DeanLordUK 2 жыл бұрын

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

@zildjiancobain4437 6 жыл бұрын

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

@wilddog3820 6 жыл бұрын

Great story - thanks!

@DollHouseMadam 3 ай бұрын

Great documentary. Heartbreaking to see what people must go through just to have food and be free

@mommynarsissa3168 4 жыл бұрын

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

@94FADE 4 жыл бұрын

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

@johncuervo3019 4 жыл бұрын

Deported

@94FADE 4 жыл бұрын

john cuervo I’m sorry you got deported

@idk-6816 3 жыл бұрын

Yea i really want to know what happened

@rpd6874 5 жыл бұрын

very beautiful documentary

@chrisk.5964 4 жыл бұрын

10/10 on these documentaries, keep it up

@hotsauce5745 4 жыл бұрын

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

@piper_lori-williams-tudhope 7 жыл бұрын

Amazing!!!

@robbase8746 5 жыл бұрын

Great video

@egidefiska 6 жыл бұрын

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

@preshuzmelody 4 жыл бұрын

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

@mostafaa_dz Жыл бұрын

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

@verdiernoyama9681 Жыл бұрын

They ate yummy food 13:54

@skylineXpert 6 жыл бұрын

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

@Julio-ez2np 3 жыл бұрын

Great documentary

@min-of8cv 6 жыл бұрын

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

@kingstontahau2302 2 жыл бұрын

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

@JaneDoe-ql7sc Жыл бұрын

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

@benchen123 Жыл бұрын

I keep watching it again and again. Hope the family is well

@Noorman0 Жыл бұрын

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

@sadiihassan3907 7 жыл бұрын

awe,😢 wish them well

@crowntheraven1372 6 жыл бұрын

Amazing. I hope all is well with them.

@Adyapd 2 жыл бұрын

Omg, this video is gold ! I hope this family are doing well

@sardiniangirl1866 Жыл бұрын

I am so blessed this family made it through together.. I cannot imagine what they have been through .. God Bless this family. .. I had anxiety watching it.. 😢

@AlbaDoggy 4 жыл бұрын

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

@Noname87567 4 жыл бұрын

Same😢😂

@michelletrimmer7431 2 жыл бұрын

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

@karenliz6535 5 жыл бұрын

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