Joseph Kim: Escaping from North Korea: A Defector's Story

Chapters:
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Introduction: 0:00
How the Unraveling of North Korea Affected the Kim Family: 4:19
Fighting Famine: Finding Food and the Will to Survive: 9:17
Failings of the Regime: How Joseph Kim's Family was Ripped Apart: 14:19
Joseph's Life as a Homeless Youth: 21:15
The Promise of Neighboring China and Escaping the Poverty and Hunger of North Korea: 26:47
Seeking Lost Family: Joseph's Hope that His Story Might Bring Reunion: 32:58
The Perception of South Korea in the North: 36:14

Audience Questions
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Question 1: Has Joseph Had Contact with Other Defectors and Refugees?: 38:38
Question 2: Has the Food Crisis Improved in North Korea?: 40:16
Question 3: The Reliability of Defection Stories: Do Embellishments and Falsehoods Hurt the Awareness Campaign?: 43:30
Question 4: Was Joseph a Victim of Crimes Against Humanity in North Korea?: 49:27
Question 5: How Does Joseph Respond to Reconciliation Pleas that Ignore the Human Rights Abuses?: 52:22
Question 6: What Does the Future Hold for North Korea and Its Tightly-Controlled Regime?: 53:35
Question 7: What were the Greatest Difficulties of Being an Immigrant in the US?: 57:39

Conclusion: 59:58

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When famine struck North Korea in the 1990s, Joseph Kim was five years old. In the years that followed, the Great Famine killed millions, including Joseph’s father. His mother and sister disappeared, seeking to escape to China, and Joseph was left to survive alone and homeless. After years living on the streets and, for a time, in a detention center and labor camp, Joseph fled to China as well. Through the kindness of strangers, he eventually found his way to the United States.

Joseph will share his story of suffering and survival – his experiences in North Korea, his long and difficult journey to the United States and his life here today as a student, an author and a refugee.

This program is presented in partnership with the Asia Society of Northern California.

Speaker Joseph Kim is a North Korean Defector; Author, "Under the Same Sky"

The discussion is moderated by Daniel Sneider, Associate Director for Research of the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center at Stanford University.

For more information about this event please visit: http://www.worldaffairs.org/event-calendar/event/1467

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