Young North Korean Defectors Find New Life In Modern Seoul | NBC News 

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

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.

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

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.

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

^^

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

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

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.

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.

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 💀💀

Me too. I can't put into words why that hit me so hard.

Eeeeeeee

first china has to shut down its own camps

There is no RU-vid 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

Yeah I’d feel the same way

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

ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Py0MZYfWueM.html here's an unfortunately short interview with him

We can see him on a tv show recently

@@유잔이 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).

Really?

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

@Spid4rsw3bz so that Kim Jong Un can maintain his power, and his billions of dollars and mansions while his people live in poverty.

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.

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 .....

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

Easier said than done miss

Change should begin somewhere. And school is the best place

Yeahh

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

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

Yup.. too bad I kinda like north korea dialect

Its fake and scripted

@@jaylovestesla1099 are you a catcher or a pitcher?

It's reassuring to know your opinions. Thank you for taking the time to type these words. : )

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?

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.

He better go back to NK!

probably is

Think about it. A new generation of progamers and Kpop stars arising from the generation of young refugees.

@@BBarNavi While watching this I was wondering if there are any Kpop idols who were NK defectors or children/grandchildren of defectors.That would be so cool if it could one day happen. It could probably help with political relations, too!

U sure? Or not just a similar game?

@@thynisia396 he is making an allusion to Faker, a league of legends pro

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!!

EXACTLY

Yasuo no less

Why??

@@priyabasu287 bro they be spreading salt 24 hours per day, the toxic comunity will influence him negatively alot.

the fact that most of us complain about the things we have and we are lucky compared to them

Leo29 yeah... every country

@@Kravis63 In all the years I have lived, the only leader who keeps saying his country is the greatest nation in the world is Drumpf. I have never heard any other leader say that.

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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.

Ok butthole

@@jaylovestesla1099 Console peasant ehh?

@@devpitcher5096 ?? I literally just mentioned his username?

@@devpitcher5096 oi incel answer me ya virgin unemployed twit

@@jaylovestesla1099 You're just asshurt because you only see 30fps 😂

Dammm

Wake up. It’s North Korea they want to destroy the south. Silly 🐄

it's cute lol

Lol, thats a fair comment

Yup

According to stupid sjws bowl cut means nazi.🤦‍♀️

@@lenchenes According to stupid sjws nazi means bowl cut.

That's different.

They might reunite under Chinese rule! Just predict! Don't attack me! China rule over Korea so many times before!

You oversimplify a vastly complex situation. North and South Korea are incredibly different today than compared to Germany's situation 30 years ago. South Korea would have to burden the large debt and humanitarian issues that the North has created for decades. On the flip side, North Korea would have to change its entire ideology and depose of the Kim Regime which I can't see happening without a serious fight. To say they can just easily reunite is naive.

@@lrose1310 I did not oversimplify anything nor did I assume this to be an easy task. I just stated that it will happen in the future.

You know. China don't want an US allies beside. So they will help NK reunite SK.