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Meet Hae Mi
April, 9 2013Hae Mi had to learn how to take care of herself very early on. She spent many of her teenage years as a salesgirl on North Korean trains
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MEET BRIAN
July, 30 2012Brian lived a charmed life in North Korea- loving family, university education, and a full stomach, but life became increasingly hard for his family.
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MEET HAE JUNG
July, 27 2012Hae Jung has lost many beloved ones. In hopes of finding food and a better life, she escaped to neighboring China.
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MEET ELLA
July, 25 2012As a teenager growing up in North Korea, Ella was solely responsible for her family.
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MEET SUJI
July, 24 2012The day that Suji became an orphan she was standing with her older sister at the river that separated North Korea from China.
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MEET KYUNG
July, 23 2012Kyung lost both of her parents and was raised by her loving grandparents as their sole grandchild.
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MEET CATE
July, 21 2012Throughout her childhood, Cate always struggled to find food – she remembers being constantly hungry.
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MEET MIN-JI
July, 20 2012Min-Ji is around ten years old. She was left on the streets in North Korea at a very young age. She has no idea what her real name is.
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MEET KIM-LAN
June, 28 2012Kim-Ian ate one meal a day and lacked adequate clothing despite her parents constantly working to support their three children.
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MEET MOON-SU
June, 19 2012Moon-Su spent many months at this orphanage but eventually, with the help of a friend, built up enough courage to escape
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MEET HYUN-JI
June, 3 2012My father went out with a lunch box to pick mushrooms. All of a sudden he said his head hurt,
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MEET EUN HAE
May, 20 2012Eun Hae escaped to China at the age of 19 with the hopes of sending money and food back home to her family in North Korea.
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MEET JUNG-HEE
April, 29 2012Jung Hee resorted to picking plants in the mountains in North Korea after the police shut her down for selling goods.
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MEET MICHAEL & DONNA
April, 14 2012Michael and Donna recently escaped North Korea with their young daughter (Isabel).
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MEET HEATHER
April, 13 2012Heather escaped to China for the second time and was sold again to a different man who she lived with in fear and isolation, enduring more abuse.
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MEET MIN SUNG
August, 28 2010Min Sung told us that the hardest part about escaping from North Korea was to leave his family.
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MEET YOON-HUI
August, 28 2010Instead of attending school as a child, Yoon-Hui worked in the fields to help her ailing mother and father survive.
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August 28
2010
MEET YAE JIN & HER BABY
MEET YAE JIN & HER BABY
August, 28 2010Yae Jin was able to find true love in China. She was sold to her husband’s family, but unlike the other husbands, he was kind and affectionate to her.
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MEET MYUNG SOO
August, 28 2010Myung Soo spent the first 19 years of his life in North Korea. His sister had heart disease and was unable to be treated in North Korea.
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MEET MI-SUN
March, 11 2010Mi-Sun was rescued in 2010 and is safely resettled in the United States
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MEET KI-WON
February, 11 2010Ki-Won was rescued in 2010 and is safely resettled in South Korea
