Young North Korean Defectors Find New Life In Modern Seoul | NBC News
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- Опубликовано: 28 мар 2018
- For young North Korean defectors, escape from an oppressive regime is only the first hurdle. Next, they must learn to live among people who don't understand what they've gone through in a world that's far more modern than the one they knew.
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Young North Korean Defectors Find New Life In Modern Seoul | NBC News
Those poor kids must be so traumatised. The dude with glasses had clearly suffered a lot.
At 6:27. He said he is not as attached to the people and friends he knew in North Korea....he is totally in denial of how he really feels. He really wants to meet his family and he is denying that he misses them as much because he knows that the reality is that he may not ever see them again and that's the only way forward. It is extremely distressing.
I feel like North Korea should be part of South Korea....korean youth don't want this because they are selfish and they don't realize that on the other side is literally a third world country that doesn't even have food to eat. I hope south koreans stop acting high and mighty, put aside their differences and consider the possibility of it. An increase in population and natural resources from north korea can even generate jobs. North Koreans are already exposed to South Korean media and many of them are happy with this decision, its only the south who has a problem.
Some South Koreans don't realize they could have been north koreans living that life, simply if their great-great grandparents were from the north part of the Korean peninsula, they should stop acting like they are better and superior than these north Koreans. The two sides still share hundreds of years of tradition, in fact I think it's a shame on South Korea that they are being so influenced by the west that they aren't as connected to their Korean traditions as much as North Koreans are. Sorry if this was offensive but I think it's unfair how North Koreans are looked down upon by some south Koreans simply for being born on the other side of Korea.
Bunnies Forever Have you ever been to South Korea? Did you watch the Olympics? We don’t hate each other and in fact during the chant for the Olympics they cheered for each other. We don’t think we’re all high and mighty, we want to help, it’s not as easy as you think.
Lol u sure He suffered more than Most kids Living in Gang areas do?
They were actors!
@@jagdpanther2224 people blinded my this Propaganda. I bet These people happen then Most of our people in wermstern countries I just know
Mad respect for the South Korean and Thailand government for welcoming and saving the lives of North Korean defectors! Your maker will remember what you did here when you later go up to meet them in heaven!
They have to travel far to reach Thailand
Thai people love North Korea.
@@ettvhd3652 wtf are u crazy?
I'am not crazy
@@ettvhd3652 @ actually , it should say thai help them because thai see them as victim.
The soft spoken boy looks so sad. 😢
shermich90 They were actors!
@@jagdpanther2224 North Korean, I presume?
@@jagdpanther2224 Wumao troll
What are their names? Does anybody know their names?
Ted Ehioghae YOU TROLL
Bless your heart Pastor for helping North Korean defectors.
North Koreans are more attractive than South Koreans. And I think it is because South Koreans use a lot of plastic surgery. I hope that the two boys won't have plastic surgery.
@@TedEhioghae so what! is their choice of human rights. So you suddenly turn communism? Your concern is the appearance and not their survival.
@Noah Smith There is nothing wrong with plastic surgery they can have ps if they want. And you do realize not everyone in S. Korea have plastic surgery.
@@TedEhioghae everyone's discussing about people fleeing for better lives and opportunity... and you're here talking about appearance...
Lol.
The world stands on shoulders of people like him
I want to give the smaller boy a hug :( he clearly misses his parents a lot
Malec
IMxYOURxDADDY Yeah, that’s probably and sadly the truth....His parents probably got sent to a camp
his parents got shot I am an 100 percent sure
K-POP fan
They are most likely dead or tortured in a prison camp.
So sad. I can't even imagine what it must be like for these kids.
try going to Mars and making it to earth. that's how
Imagine your going to an allien world leaving behind your whole family and then you learn
that your entire belliefs are just a lie.
In a word, horrific
They are taught how to use and throw a granade as well as operating a machine gun.. AT A VERY YOUNG AGE. From a documentary that i saw, the justification of they had to do that to protect their country. Yeah i understand that but i JUST couldn't absorb the information the fact that I'm aware that they are young child. (That age should've been studying, playing and learning to develop)
Chimie Park yeah no they aren’t lmaoo
It’s sickening that when life gets hard, women usually have to pay with it for their bodies. I feel so much remorse for these women that were sold as wives. Just typing that makes me sick to the stomach. It’s also sad to know how many men would be willing to take advantage of these women.
It truly is a sad fact that women have always been treated this way! We definitely need to band together to stop this inhuman treatment of our sisters! I just wish I knew how to start such a movement!
@ i wouldn't be in europe it weren't for the article 13
I'd like to say that, for the young boys it isn't much different in that they would often have to pay with their bodies. And if you are an older teenage boy the likelihood that you'll be able to escape using this method is way less likely.
You could also look to it when the narrator mentions mostly female defectors, that probably means that many boys were sent back to North Korea before reaching refugee status and placed in prison, labor camps, or killed.
This shouldn't be categorized as a gender issue but as a human issue for what it really is.
Horrible people are horrible regardless of gender and both North Korean boys and girls suffer terrible consequences for wanting freedom.
It's harsh but at least they have a way. The same can't be said about men
allah bless men usually pay with harsh manual labor. They do have a way.
Mad respect to the Thailand gov. and South Korean gov. I wish I can save these people from North Korea and show them that their being tortured and that there’s a whole another world much better ;-;
^^
Thailand is partner with south korea. While you at it in thailand might as well start listening to kpop songs.
@@soph9908 kpop is already pretty popular in Thailand
Wish Thailand would do likewise with their education system . I taught in it. There are some good teachers like anywhere but the curriculum is trash.
@@syntheticdawn4992 true that
I hope the day will soon come when North and South Korea reunite under South Korean rule
That's very difficult
Hope so... One day
@@anna.h9952 It is, but we can always hope. I mean SK isn't perfect, but at least its people are free
Sadly, I don’t see that happening without violence. There would probably have to be a war in order for the Koreas to reunite.
With South material level of life and North Spirit would be the best.
"I remember my friends in NK and wish to pay them a visit but that feeling is slowly fading away."
As the son of Mexican immigrant parents into the US, I know exactly what you're talking about... one doesn't just leave friends behind but a chunk of one's childhood.
Maybe, but you are probably still able to visit them, or even write to/call/facetime/etc. These kids aren't able to contact their friends and family in NK at all or their family could be severely punished or killed. Some are even punished for defectors in their family already. There is no way for these kids to know what's happening to their families and friends in NK, they could be dead or starving. They probably wouldn't even know how or where to find them in the first place.
Imagine thinking you and your Mexican family have the same hardships as North Koreans. Lol.
@@cky1088 literally, it’s embarrassing
What's stopping you for contacting them?
Then call them lol, North Koreans can't 💀💀
as a chinese， hope chinese gov will sent north korean defectors to south korea ！
first china has to shut down its own camps
There is no RUclips in China
We all do, but as North Korea's biggest trading partner and also sharing a border, if china were to send defectors to South Korea it would only tighten security at the northern border and make life worse for the north Koreans
Hope the CCP doesn't cut your internet
I'm hopeful to China and India we do the same.
Love from India
literally started crying when he mentioned that he was shocked by the internet cafes where many teens gather 😭 ahhhh
Me too. I can't put into words why that hit me so hard.
Eeeeeeee
It’s sad that South Koreans (not all) are bullying North Koreans just because they’re from North Korea. Not even one hundred years ago the Korean people lived together. It was just Korea. They were and still are the same people.
@@유잔이에오 go and watch few interviews about North Korean defectors and u will know.
There is no south korean not crying with their heart when having a chance to meet north koreans and hear their heartbreaking stories. The reality is that we still dont have many chance to meet them personally, north koreans dont necessarily speak out of their identity and they are worried about possible discrimination with no actual experience of it.
Over 20 years of having north korean defectors, we still need more chances to mingle with one another, which is extremely limited cases in the south and that way , both sides will understand and live together better.
Majority of South Koreans have never even met a North Korean in their whole lives . And South Koreans are the ones donating the most when it comes to North Koreans. The money, countless bags of rice and donations of clothes, and other things that go over to North Korea are all coming from South Korean organizations.
Integration is never an easy process, even for sister countries. The fact both sides never ceased to see each other as an enemy must be the top contributor (they teach this in history classes)
As S.Korean, I hate N.Korea very much but not N.Koreans(except Kim Jong-un and ect).
I don’t think they are sad bc of what they suffered in North Korea, I think they sad bc they are able to enjoy freedom while knowing that there family and friends cannot. And I think the most painful thing for them is that they know that they may never see their families again so the thing they are most afraid of is, losing the memories of them
Yeah I’d feel the same way
Thank you for making this video and bringing awareness to the people of North Korea, who are innocent and know no other way than Kim Jung Un's.
They wouldn't even be able to see the video let alone go on the internet.
I'm so tired I think they mean that the video is bringing us awareness to the people of n.k.
@@prod1gy216 no i don't think so
04:07 I actually used to go to school with him. He was such a sweet kid! He was nice to everyone.
Really?
I wonder how that soldier that defected last November is doing?
amp.theguardian.com/world/2018/nov/19/north-korea-defector-next-generation-have-no-loyalty-to-kim-jong-un-report
your welcome
@@geromegeronimo8312 Thanx. I was looking for something on him myself.
The Secret Man TV he is playing now video games 24h a day
ruclips.net/video/Py0MZYfWueM/видео.html here's an unfortunately short interview with him
We can see him on a tv show recently
I feel so sorry for these boys. Especially the one with the round glasses.. i can see and feel his pain. I hope one day you’ll find true happiness in your heart. Im praying and waiting that one day North Korea will be free. And I wish I’ll be able to see that. Im from the Philippines and my heart goes out to North Korean people. Sending my love and prayers to all of you. I wish I could do more...
@Spid4rsw3bz so that Kim Jong Un can maintain his power, and his billions of dollars and mansions while his people live in poverty.
My heart goes to them and the people in North Korea who are suffering. They deserve freedom and good life 😭❤️
They just executed a teenager for having south Korean movies. My heart hurts for those stuck there
You can simply hear their voices in so much pain being away from their family. However they have to continue living a new life in South Korea.
In feel so sorry for every child that needs to leave there parents behind😭
My heart strings! I've never cried over a RUclips video before
This breaks my heart.... I think So.Korean teachers should take an hour of class time with these types videos to raise awareness of the No.Koreans plight . And maybe the bullying will stop 🤷🏻♀️ Let’s teach children about compassion instead of comparing 🙏🏼
Easier said than done miss
Change should begin somewhere. And school is the best place
Thailand being a huge help to North Korean escapees just shows it truly is "The Land of the Free"
No to mention but Thailand also welcomed japan to invade Malaysia by using their road.
@@almertrace4150 Bro I'm thai and at the time we were force to let them pass us. It like having a gun pointhing at your head we really have no choice
@@elpetero1416 ouh never knew about that. Looks like my judgement are wrong then
@@almertrace4150 I don't blame you for thinking that japan doesn't care whether or not we'll let them pass and their army is already walking on our country and we can't even do anything about it quite sad really.
@@almertrace4150 Do not remind the past.
HEY THESE KIDS ARE THE ONES WHO JUST APPEARED ON ASIAN BOSS
Ju chulgwang
Ye this vid is fake clearly scripted
custom grow420 yeah like 99.9% of the stuff they show on tv in modern media. Television more like Te-LIE-Vision.
@@zacwoods yeah all news are fake earth is flat right
You are right .....
It’s hearing stories like this that I am very grateful for the life I live here. It’s good to take a moment and count your blessings
My heart breaks for everyone who has to go though all of this and the one who sent their family away to a better life..I hope one day we can do something..more..
So heart wrenching! May God bless and guide each defector! May each of them one day be safely reunited with their loved ones! 🍀🙏🏻🍀
How tragic. I hope the boy with the glasses can meet his parents again someday.
south korea wont let him , they never give these guys passports so they are prisoners within s korea
@f you that's right Yes but south korea is not better they imprison n-koreans within the borders almost never giving them a passport. North koreans can travel with north korean passports assuming they buy exit visa which is easier than a defector who gets permanently trapped without any travel documents.
@@seaweedpaw They dont get passport that fast it takes forever
@@syntheticdawn4992 doesnt everyone who have to have a password thingy idk what its called takes forever
yeah it pains to see his face!! poor child
This is honestly crazy. These kids grew up in such a different world only kilometers apart. They were taught to never question anything and they North Korea was the best country ever. Imagine the conditions they had to have been living in that their parents were willing to never see them again in order to give them a better future.
Bless you sir for helping people escape to freedom and I pray their families don't suffer.
I want to meet the kids and help them and give them hugs and tell them they can cry and I’m here for them😣
All we can do is hope that someday people won’t have to run away from their homes to save themselves 😓
6:36 it's good to see him smile
This is so beautiful. That taller boy seemed really sad. I wish him a much better life
bless all of those amazing people who help youths and people who flee from the north, for example the man from the durihana mission. really, bless you.
yes those 2 boys as delightful as they are look sad. i pray they grown stronger and will do well. perhaps in time they will see their families...hope so.
This breaks my heart. Praying for those healing 🙏🏼.
I cried watching this. The tears fell hard whenever he said that he was shocked that they brought ramen to his seat for him while he was on the internet at a Cafe, because in North Korea, nobody has it like the rest of us do.. and they're not allowed basic human rights.. it just breaks my heart.
I’m so happy that these kids finally got to experience somewhat of a normal childhood
This truly breaks my heart!😢
What a kickbutt pastor
Yeahh
bless these souls
All this is so incredibly interesting. I am going to school right now obtaining two degrees: one in journalism, and another in psychology. My ultimate goal is to move to Seoul or Busan, I want to be a counselor over there, or at least do journalism. It is such a complex situation, I'd love to be of use. I'd even love to be a counselor for defectors.
Thats amazing!! Wishing you good luck 💜
Chapeau!! Good luck
I am proud of you for wanting to make a difference in the lives of North Korean defectors living in South Korea. As I was listening to the stories of the two young boys; I started to cry. If I had the opportunity to meet them; I would give them hugs and assure them that even though life may seem tough for them right now, they just have to remember that there is always a light at the end of the tunnel. As the saying goes; "Every cloud has a silver lining."
Did you go?
I’ve noticed that the defectors change their speech to Seoul dialect.
Yup.. too bad I kinda like north korea dialect
Its fake and scripted
@@jaylovestesla1099 are you a catcher or a pitcher?
This man is doing such a noble work, I would love to join this organisation.
I feel really bad for the innocent North Korean citizens who have to suffer and had been through a lot :( and I was there in their country I would help a lot of people to escape actually and yes I am a Chinese girl🇨🇳 born in Canada 🇨🇦
It's reassuring to know your opinions. Thank you for taking the time to type these words. : )
I am Thai I support North Koreans, they have to tharel to countries than to come to Thailand the Thai people sympathize with North Koreans so they send thew to South Korea so that they can hare a better life.
Yeah, thai ppl do see whats good and not. So i think we are the bridges for these ppl and i hope that they will find a better life after cos We are human being.
Thank you
@@hana1042 Chinese government is watching you be careful what you say
hana ok then I guess ur safe
I am so happy for them. I am glad they are having a normal life in South Korea.
I dont know but when that young boy said "You can order food, like ramen, right to your seat" 4:47, hit me hard, we blessed as such a little thing like that and we often forget that little bless
these kids deserve more attention
I am from south korea and I hope that oneday we became united
REAL CHRISTIAN RIGHT THERE
YES! Instead of focusing on hating the gays, he is actually doing what Jesus taught. Help the needy.
When did he say that he is a Christian?
Ted Ehioghae Take your homophobia somewhere else, dude. Not everyone shares your religion. Have a nice day!
@@turtlecommanderchief6576 exactly!!
Are you donald putin
When you see this you start appreciating your country more than ever.
This breaks my heart… I wish our country would do more to actually help these people. They need the most love and understanding that this world doesn’t offer..
the fact that most of us complain about the things we have and we are lucky compared to them
so much sadness I felt watching this video. I hope and I prayed that someday everything will be okay
Well, it's all very political. It would be a different matter the US didn't intervene in the Korean war, and the South wasn't closely allied and controlled by the US. China is scared that 1. North Korea could nuke them if they opened borders or allowed refugees, each time North Korea do a nuclear test the area bordering them feels the ground shaking like an earthquake, and it's pretty scary. 2. China doesn't want a refugee crisis, it already has too many people of their own (1.4 billion is a lot), and many poor ones at that, plus it could cause NK to retaliate by nuking China and South Korea. 3. South Korea closely allied to the US, and THAAD system in the South means the US would be more likely to control China/Asia, and cause the current government to topple - which the Communist gov doesn't want. 4. North Korea is like a buffer zone for China, that's how how big nations function - and having two ideological parties - though in practice China is capitalist, but the people in power are still descendents from the Communist Party. A war may still be possible with the US and China one day. Wish history could be simple, if it didn't have governments and political parties it would be, humans vs humans could all understand each other, but parties creates fractions and different ideologies creates sides, and the media doesn't help.
@@ironguanyin123 China is not too scared to traffic the N Korean Female Refugees! Didn't send them back, but sold them to own Chinese men!!
I can’t imagine the pain they would have gone through, being separated from their parents at this very young age. How I wish both of the countries come into a negotiation or join their hands🥺
It's sad to think that there is still a place where no one is free
I really thank the people who saved north koreans I really thank them from the bottom of my heart
Those poor babies. I hope they live a good life!
This is heart breaking
They all need hugs 😢😢😢
thank you, thailand
Thank you, Pastor. Long live.
I wish I could give these boys hugs and assure them that even though things may seem tough right now; they just need to have hope that they will find the light at the end of the tunnel.
Some people don't understand that even if this people hate North Korea and lived a really difficult life there, it was still their home, it is the place they were born and grew up , the place they have family and friends. And even if their life can get way better in the south there is always that feeling of not belonging completely and missing home. And the fact that they can never return must be horrible to deal with. I'm really praying for all of them and that one day they have a change to reunite with those they miss but in a good way
I am curious if defectors get south Korean citizenship? Like can they get South Korean passport and do the men have to serve the military as a typical South Korean men?
They immediately get citizenship and legal protections as long as their feet are on South Korean soil. It’s almost impossible to make it straight over the Korean border, though so that’s where the main danger is-going into China and then entering Korea is the easiest way, and because of that, people are watching for them.
I believe they’re exempt from compulsory military service. And yes they do get Korean citizenship, identification card/proof, passport and so on almost immediately after going through ‘hanawon’, which is a program/facility where North Korean defectors go to after they get their background check at gookjeongwon (forgot what this place does so just google it)
@@welcometojohnnysfashioneva8221 Gookjeongwon is basically the South Korean version of CIA.
@@welcometojohnnysfashioneva8221 love your name....Johnny's fashion rules. 😊
South Korean law states that North Korean people are of the same country. So yeah, the refugees are automatically considered South Korean.
So happy for them!😀👍
Thank you 🙏 for a man like Chung Ki-won 🤗 for his compassion and his mission!!! It is not easy to escape and they have endured many struggles during the process and still... leaving their love 💕 ones behind and no communications. God blessed Durihana Mission!!! Great to there are love and compassion for another human still exist. 😘🤗🙏👏🏻
Young man u got the word out and made it easier for others. Please stay true to being a good person
4:53 Yasuo main
He better go back to NK!
The pastor has a golden heart 😭
I cant stop my tear while iam watching and hearing stories of north korean defectors and inside of north korean people😭😭😭.
i cant even begin to imagine how much they have struggled
You can see the pain and suffering they have dealt with in thier eyes
I really feel sad for them, but when I saw him playing League I was like "He's one of us from now on, not them"
This is heartbreaking, I can't imagine a world where human rights are distributed according to your luck in which country you are born.
I can relate, i live in a country where human rights are daily constantly violated. Things like having electricity for a whole day is like heaven to us.
4:39 OH NO! The dude is playing league of legends! Someone save him from the toxic community!!
EXACTLY
Yasuo no less
Why??
@@priyabasu287 bro they be spreading salt 24 hours per day, the toxic comunity will influence him negatively alot.
man im glad those boys escaped from north korea. it warms my heart seeing them like normal teen boys nowadays like playing games and stuff idk i hope theyre okay tho since theyre young
The boys are brave. I wish you all the best in your new journey.
These kids have been traumatized by the north korean government, i do hope and pray that more defectors will be rescued by these kind hearted people so they will live their lives freely. Hope that someday change will come to north korea.
Though a fresh new start for the north korean kids, must have been tough leaving their friends / family who are suffering under the regime behind. :(
Yeah it reminds me of a story that’s based on real life for many: A Korean man escaped so he could have a better life for his future family knowing he’d never see his own again. And his daughter and her husband immigrating to the states to give their kids the lives they never had.
I want to give them both a hug. :((
So inspiring 🥺💕
I'M JUST SO HAPPY FOR THEM.
Thank you South Korea for helping them and saving them
Humans should work together to end demonizations.
Respect to those who managed to flee. But who knows what happened to their relatives...
Heart-breaking
OMG! So happy for those rescued, terrified for their families
North korea is like inside of walls in AOT
Dammm
It's so disheartening to hear about what these young men and many other defectors have gone through. I hope that many more North Koreans, one day, will learn more about the world, outside of their own. And for the ones who plan on escaping or will escape in the future, will be sucessful in doing so and live a happy life.
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hope. I love you guys and I care for you and North korean people. Lots of hugs from Portugal!
i truly hope these kids can live their lives to the fullest and find more happiness rather than being depressed because of the competition in SK
Captive wives 😢 imagine being so desperate for freedom u agree to be captive. These poor people. All women, men and children
점 한국인임데 이 영상 보니까 가슴이 뭉클헤지네요
This really make me cry,, i pray y'all meet your families again 😭
I hope all those who have defected find peace in their new lives where ever they end up, and experience the world that was denied to them
Homies already gaming it on pc 😭👌
Ok butthole
@@jaylovestesla1099 Console peasant ehh?
@@devpitcher5096 ?? I literally just mentioned his username?
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@@jaylovestesla1099 You're just asshurt because you only see 30fps 😂
Looking Korean, speaking Korean, definitely Korean. I feel sad for every time one from the south is mocking then or say to them to back. They are not even brothers they are ONE!