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Escaping The ‘Cruel, Sad, And Dark’ World Of North Korea
11:48 PM 10/16/2016 WORLD
Ryan Pickrell | China/Asia Pacific Reporter
North Korea is one of the world’s most repressive and reclusive countries — a veritable black box. For most, the only view in is through the few who make it out.
Escaping is a daunting task filled with dangers and hardships that don’t stop at the border. Grace Jo, a North Korean defector who now lives in Washington, D.C., shared her incredible story with The Daily Caller News Foundation.
Life On The Inside:
“North Korea is very cruel, very sad, and very dark,” Grace said, recalling her days there. “It is a world completely without hope.”
Born in 1991 in Hamgyeong Province, Grace lived in the mountains with her mother, father, two older sisters, younger brother and grandmother. She lost more than half of her family before she left North Korea for good.
Her childhood was defined by the Arduous March, a famine which killed hundreds of thousands, possibly millions, between 1994 and 1998. She also experienced the ruthlessness of the Kim Jong-Il regime firsthand.
“We were always hungry and cold,” Grace explained, “My mother, father, and siblings were always out searching for food.”
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Beyond activists, average North Korean defectors are making a difference in North Korea simply by reaching out to family and friends still inside. Defectors in South Korea often send money back to family in North Korea, said Park. Hundreds of thousands of dollars are being sent into North Korea, breathing new life into the country’s black markets and sparking underground capitalism. Through covert phone calls, they also help to inform North Korean people about the outside world.
There is still more that needs to be done.
“The biggest problem now is China. Removing the 38th Parallel [the border between North and South Korea] will require China, the U.S., and South Korea to work together. China needs to stop sending people back. Thousands of people are trying to get out of North Korea, but the Chinese are standing in their way,” said Grace. “Opening the gates will leave Kim Jong Un without a people to oppress and the North Korean government, which has negatively affected so many people, will fall.”
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