The day everything changed. The day I left behind the only life I had ever known. The day I finally chose to take control of ...

Even under heavy surveillance, defectors have taken to the skies to escape North Korea. In 1953 ... seen in other historic struggles for freedom, such as enslaved Black people in America escaping ...

And escape only brought more challenges. North Korean defectors risk ... Maybe wearing earrings, because in North Korea we don't have any freedom. They tell us what to wear, what to listen ...

That curiosity led me to escape from North Korea,” Park said ... having no idea that humans have rights, what even freedom is,” Park said. “I know that many, many people are facing ...

And escape only brought more challenges. North Korean defectors risk ... Maybe wearing earrings, because in North Korea we don't have any freedom. They tell us what to wear, what to listen ...

William Milne sits down with the most recent Union speaker, Timothy Cho, who escaped North Korea after brutal torture and now works in the UK to speak up for North Koreans.

All forms of freedom of expression are repressed and anyone ... Hear one defector tell her true story of escaping the horrors of life in North Korea only for the Chinese authorities to force her to ...

An curved arrow pointing right. North Korean defector and author of "The Girl With Seven Names" Hyeonseo Lee explains how she escaped the country and survived. Produced by Jenner Deal. Camera by ...

and found freedom and safety in Britain - now leading a wildly different life from her younger sibling. Just days after escaping North Korea, Cheol-ok was sold for marriage to a man 30 years her ...

“What ended up happening is I became more and more obsessed with what was going on in North ... of this escape.” The family endured 10-hour treks through the jungle to reach freedom.

I decided to escape." On his first bid for freedom, the teenager crossed the Tumen River, part of the border between North Korea and China, with a family and guide. Crossing at night to avoid ...

They struck an uneven harmony singing the Korean classic “Arirang.” Every night, scenes such as this play out in cities across Asia, where North Korea operates restaurants that serve standard North ...