Korean People's Army Guards who Escaped North Korea 

Skip the waitlist and invest in blue-chip art for the very first time by signing up for Masterworks: masterworks.art/simplehistory Purchase shares in great masterpieces from artists like Pablo Picasso, Banksy, Andy Warhol, and more. See important Masterworks disclosures: masterworks.io/cd

It's so sad how so many people in the world are stuck in terrible situations

The South Korean man that girl met is a straight angel, no matter how horrible our governments get there will always be good people who try to help even if it puts themselves in danger.

The whole country is literally a Maximum security prison for innocent people

I met Park in 2014. Despite all her hardship, she had a fiery spirit to tell everything and help others in a similar position. Until she even reached S. Korea, she didn't even know what human rights were.

You missed one more method. "Dashing across the JSA (Joint Security Area)". In November 2017, a North Korean soldier stole a vehicle and drove towards the JSA. As he entered the N.Korean compound, he got chased by the guards there. He panicked, crashed the vehicle into a ditch and then ran for it across the Southern sector. However the guards caught up to him and even opened fire on him where he suffered a shot. He did manage to cross to the Southern side but was injured and was unconscious behind a bush and it took about 4-5hrs before some South Korean soldiers crawled towards him, dragged him to the medical facility and got him back to shape. He's now a South Korean political refugee.

Those who choose to risk their lives to defect from North Korea are absolutely brave people. Those who risk their lives to help the defectors are the absolute definition of heroes. Gotta have the utmost respect for all of them.

You've really gotta respect the bravery and determination of these people.

The final story, Yeonmi Park, she has a book out called "In order to live" one thing missed in your video though. "Park and her mother went first, with her father soon to follow" - Park and her mother were tricked by their smugglers, who led them to a cabin on the Chinese side of the border to rape them. Park's mother was able to convince them to spare her daughter due to her being so weak (she weighed about 60-80 pounds if I recall correctly due to malnourishment)

That south korean tourist really went above and beyond to save his fellow Korean.

MacArthur: Nuke em! Truman: No! MacArthur: NUKE EM! Truman: NO! MacArthur: AH COME ON! Truman: You’re fired!

There was a DPRK air force soldier who was escaped by mig-19 plane in 1983. His name is Lee woong pyung. Sadly, he died in 2002 at the age of 47.

Park was actually the first North Korean defector I heard about, from there I've been looking into this and it's just really tragic to see how above and beyond this dictatorship will go to keep itself standing tall at the cost of the enjoyment of it's civilians.

You need stealth 100 for this mission.

There was an incident back in the mid 80s where a Soviet Defector crossed the DMZ into the South causing a firefight between US and South Korean forces vs the North Koreans. The US-ROK forces won the battle with one injured and one KIA. The North Koreans lost several personnel while those who remained Executed because somebody crossed the DMZ.

9:55 As a Vietnamese, streets don't look like that normally (besides districts made for foreign tourists)

Trust me Mrs. Park's story is 200x darker than what was said here. They kinda glossed over a bit but still kind of got the point across

Rest in peace to those that weren't able to make it 🙏

It hurts so much to know other humans are currently suffering and I am completely powerless to help them.

One of my step-dad's profs in college was a North Korean man. One of his favorite profs, and he still talks about him.

Praying for those still stuck there. All those who escape and who help those escape are heroes

The South Korean tourist man is a *HERO* I implore you Simple History. Please annotate his name for us so he may be remembered...

In 2016 I took a 13 day trip to Seoul which included a tour of the DMZ and a talk with a female defector. She had paid over $10,000 to reach South Korea knowing that her family would not be able to follow. It was disheartening to hear her story but I couldn't do anything about it. It's just sad that these disctators hold people prisoner just to keep themselves in power.

my great uncle was in the Korean War he died in 1952. He was awarded the Medal of Honor

Can we just appreciate how much simply histories animation has improved over time

The story about the woman getting arrested at the border and having to escape through Cambodia is amazing.

There is this North Korean military guard Oh Chong-Song in late 2017 he escaped to South Korea by driving directly to DMZ and everything was caught in CCTV. He was chased by his military and crash his car to the peace village / joint security area (the Center of the DMZ) and made a run for it while north guards shoot him in the back he successfully made it to South Korea DMZ side he hid in the leaves U.S and South korean military found him and transported him via U.S helicopter to the hospital in Seoul for gunshot wounds. While North violated the Korean 1953 UN armistice agreement peace by shooting their guns over the border landing in the southern buildings and one of the guards cross the border demarcation line chasing the defector.

Nice to hear so many kind hearted people that help the defectors.

Guard: Halt! Who goes there? Runaway: Hello. Just trying to leave North Korea. Guard: Cool. Can I join?

Title: Best ways to escape North Korea Title Card: Deadly escapes from North Korea These two are NOT the same!

FREEDOM is a universal right and one that should never be violated *LONG LIVE SOUTH KOREA* 🇰🇷🇰🇷🇰🇷🇰🇷🇰🇷🇰🇷🇰🇷

11:10 😢 makes you think how fortunate are some people in some countries. And the thing sometimes we take for granted.

People of the free world doesn't realize how good we have it being free. Our freedom is on the verge of being taken from us everyday be humble.

When I was a kid and still living in Japan. I made friends with a kid who came from North Korea. His family managed to escape and they had decided to live in Japan.. I did not have the nicest of lives either as both of us already had scars. ( His on his back, legs, and one on his face. I had scars on my tongue, back, and stomach. We where both 7 years old when I met him. ) I had issues making friends due to my family's associations.. But he is one of my childhood friends I really wished I kept in contact with but it got really hard to when I moved to the USA.. I really do wonder if he is still around. Hope he is. For more info on a few things.. I have not seen him since 1994, the year I moved to the USA. I was 9. He still had both of his parents but his father got hurt while they where escaping, I know that all of them had got hurt before that but I was never told the details and I never wanted them to feel uncomfortable.. So I did not push things.. Though it was oddly fun to talk about the scars we had.. One of the few people I was open with about them at least till I met a psychologist in the USA that I finally felt comfortable enough with talking about that stuff..

I wonder if the narrator lives his life in that voice. Does he order at a restaurant like that? "What's the special of the dayyyy? Well that's unfortunate, because no matter what...I was going to go with the steaaakkkk."

US and USSR in 1945: How about we split Korea temporarily? 77 years later....

How to make a disaster in 60 seconds or less: Give the USSR control over a country

I’m pretty sure some guy drove up to the DMZ wall, crashed into the wall, climbed over the wall with like, 10 bullet holes in him, and sprinted to South Korea. Absolute Gigachad.

Tim Pool had Yeonmi Park as a guest on the IRL Podcast and Jesus Christ her story is insane

The Simple History mascot is hilarious, his lines are gold in every episode he appears in.

The thumbnail Crazy The video Deadly

You should do one on Colombians detained by the Narcs in the Jungles about mid 90s to mid 2000s. My grandparents were held as hostages for 6 months and let go with a large bride of food.

And I thought sneaking out the house as hard

I love how the most replayed is the one where you skip the sponsor or ad entirely.

Well, seeing as you can end there by being kidnapped by NK agents even when you aren't on NK this is important

This is the best simple history narrator!!!!! I can’t even listen to the other ones lol

Never been on my list of visited destination s in the future. But, I always look forward to a peaceful outcome on the peninsula. Both of my friends from Seoul who I had E-Mail contact with have passed away.

Quite inspiring hearing about normal, everyday hard-working people who had everything to lose and nothing to gain, yet chose to risk a lot and help someone they hadnt even ever seen before, couldnt speak in the same language to.; to avoid certain death. (Such as that tour guide)

I love how this informative video about a serious subject has a whimsical thumbnail. That said, North Korea is so fascinating and I love studying the tales of North Korean defectors. I have a ton of respect for these people and the people who helped them on their journeys.

Off-topic slightly but, remember the two American Journalists arrested by N Korea? Initially I thought their visit and crossing of the border as bravery. After discovering that their actions caused the hiding spots and safe houses hosted by missionaries near the border got busted by the Chinese police, well, their actions became straight idiocy

I like the fact it's stated none of the stories can be confirmed

It's inhumane the way every other country treats those poor people.

I’d rather live in the hottest desserts of the Sahara or the freezing wild lands of Siberia than live in North Korea

The comments section of Simple History videos is such a bizarre place

These people have my utmost respect, knowing that if they're caught in their attempts means almost certain death takes courage.

I think south korea can beat north korea in few days, in this era. North korea still has the same equipment since civil war, they have no chance. I am pretty sure, north korean soldiers and generals will side with south at the first opprtunity. Only issue I can think is China, and maybe this is the reason north korea still exists.

The kind of people who appreciate freedom more than any other on earth

How to escape North Korea. 1. Have a Stealth/Dodge build.

Ppl just don't know how blessed they are sometimes 🙏

4:22 "Many of the nations neighbouring Nth Korea including China, Laos and Vietnam..." don't actually border Nth Korea (with one obvious exception).

“BuT tHaT wAsNt ReAL cOmMuNiSm!”

3:11 You Can see flower thrower by Banksy

Video suggestion: North Korean Infantry vs South Korean Infantry (modern day).

Can you do an episode on the 40-minute Korean war in 1984?

Its very sad this kind of country exists.

You forget the most craziest defection story ever and it happened in my country (Malaysia) Basically a few years back there was Mun Chol-myong, a North Korean businessman living in Kuala Lumpur, he faced charges related to money laundering and violating United Nations sanctions by supplying prohibited items to North Korea via Malaysia and Singapore, He (Mun Chol-myong) requested Malaysia for him to get extradited to the USA, Malaysia then listened to his request and extradited him to the USA, North Korea was obviously pissed off at this and last year, North Korea severed all ties with Malaysia, before this, Malaysia had ties with both the North and the South but now they only have ties with the South

Ferb I think I know what we're gonna do today

As The Korean, Thank you made for Korean History Videos :D 한국인으로서, 한국 역사 영상들을 만들어 주셔서 감사드립니다 :D

There are also those travelling by boat from the east coast attempting to reach South Korea but accidentally ended up in Hokkaido I heard... later the authorities sent them to Japan. Sadly the Sea of Japan is unforgiving apparently.

Who was that SK tourist? He deserves a medal.

You need max lvl of stealth for this.

Keeping up with the Kim’s *intro starts playing* Episode 1: someone gets shot after disrespecting leader

glad there are people willing to help them

A north Korean soldier defected by crossing the DMZ. He drove past the bridge of no return & jumped out of the jeep he was driving & was fired upon by soldiers guarding the northern part of the DMZ. He was rescued & survived. But what's shocking is what doctors found in his body: parasites The parasites were found to be the type of intestinal worms that most likely came from the farming fields as the farmers in the north couldn't find suitable fertilizers & resulting in using human waste which proves that living in the DPRK is hard Plus it was reported that the soldier was the son of a general

North Korea shows the evil and horror of pure socialism/communism. Really heartbreaking. I hope this unbelievable suffering will end one day.

this quality is amazing

It is unbelievable that a government like North Korea still exists today. What can be done to help them? Maybe giving them free internet with star link could cause some changes.

Great video

Thank you for video sir

sad thing is kim jong un appears more powerful than both his grandfather or father could even dream of, the regime is going nowhere for a long time it looks unfortunately

Things to do in North Korea 1: idk you can’t do anything

Yeonmi Park is a very good speaker and warns everyone she can about socialism and communism. Her interview on JRE was fantastic.

Simple History fans when Difficult Future shows up 🤯

Keep up the content Love ya bruk

I will be honest, the Regime has survived far longer than it probably should have, both from a moral and practical standpoint. From a purely practical perspective, it is the right move to harshly oppress their citizen given the levels of dissatisfaction with the government, the population would absolutely turn against the Regime should the opportunity arise. Still, I think that this house of cards will colapse sooner or later, more likely later. It will be a question of how it collapses and who will take over North Korea.

Such amazing stories seriously....

I like how Kim Jon I’ll is in the background holding food

Finaly a new video about North korea!

0:38 the image is a misnomer, before the korean war the division was very literally a straight line at the 38th parallel.

I am surprised you did not mention the case where a guard took a Jeep to flee to the south, got stuck, fled on foot, shot, and was rescued by the South Koreans…..

Terrible circumstances. I'm glad some are able to make it out..

should of just let Japan have them

So sad that anyone has to go through that just for freedom. God Bless them

Simple History's Mao got me like 💀

Why south korea soilder is holding ak74?? Isnt that should be k2 or k1? Or m16a1?

“You should stick a love letter to Kim- Jong Un.” Joe Biden

One subject that feels like it would fit right in on Simple History would be the Americans who defected *in* to North Korea over the past seventy years - people like James Dresnok. They all seem to have ended up with roles in NK movies, playing various foreign villains.

I love this channel, I never knew the full story of Korea and how the whole split happened

this is why people role there eyes when certain people try to compare modern inconveniences to legit tragedies

Praying for all of them