North Koreans reveal their perilous journey to freedom from China | 101 East Documentary

China is expelling record numbers of North Korean defectors, instilling fear and desperation in this vulnerable community. In October 2023, 600 North Koreans were forcibly deported in the largest repatriation in years. Human rights groups say the defectors, who North Korea calls "traitors" and "criminals", have disappeared since their return, and warn they may face imprisonment, torture, sexual violence, and even execution.

101 East has exclusive access inside this secretive world, where defectors share harrowing stories of survival, human trafficking and their fragile dreams of finding a safe haven.

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[christopherkelly]

The pastor is truly doing an immense service in helping so many people at such high risk and cost.

[cathyjoy]

This is some "Handmaids Tale" shocking experience May all who help these people escape safely, be rewarded

[sandblue-tp]

이 비극적 슬픔을 언제까지 계속해야 하나. 정착한 분들 고생하셨고 행복하십시오.
탈북자문제를 다뤄준 aljazeera 에 감사한다.

[patienceacheampong]

Why does China send the North Korean defectors back? That's very evil on their part.

[구영미-jk]

After watching this video we know North Korea is still practicing slavery.

[skullcrusher]

I feel bad for the north Korean people,

[pristine_the_tech_guy]

See how amazing and nice the ordinary North Koreans are. so pity them for meeting an evil leader in their lifetime

[IshakuIbrahimTure-onzv]

So sad that a leader will decide to be a foe to his people. North Korea dictator should be ashamed of himself seeing how impoverishing his people are.

[nimege]

Dear citizens of the world,
please help Korea to be reunified.
China is using the divided situation of Korea to maximize their national interest.

[leilasimon]

But why the Chinese are deporting the North Korean defectors. How maan, have some heart nah!

[Austine]

this story reeks of sympathy washing propaganda. if china is so oppressive why don't western countries accept millions of poor Chinese fleeing there.

[Mark-morv]

most of chinese cannot be trusted instead of helping human in need they will abused you. You pray hard to God when your in a situation no one to rely on but yourself. Let God be your companion for every fears you have.

[abdullahhakan]

Turkey's situation is also similar to North Koreans. İ am masters alumni and my English, german languages are advanced stage, i cannot immigrate to Schengen or australia or USA even at the age of 51 years old and being baptist christian. İt is impossible to find decent wage Job in Turkey, we are waiting to die naturally. The pension wage that Turkey gives, never enough to purchase New car in Turkey on New apartment in the country. No girl or women want to marry me because of pension wage's lowness. İt is disgusting to live under terror threats since 1979 and under muslim ezan voices coming from mosques. İ am unemployed for 11 years, my Medical specialist father and mother are unemployed for 20 years after they become pensioners with very low wages.

[rubenreyes]

China sometimes help NORTH KOREAN people who enter their country by giving them temp. homes and then job opportunities that if one is lucky..

[samuel.fraser]

Why are there so many North Korean bots

[jessieliu]

AJ’s story tried to raise sympathy for the North Korean defectors so they pictured all of their lives in China as being abused, sexually trafficked etc. fact is, there are 50 million living in China as the video says, there’s a reason for that…. Also, of course they ultimately prefer to go to South Korea, because they are the same people, and they’ll have legal status and some money to settle down. But you can not blame a country( and the people in the country) for not taking refugees, I.e, most countries are not taking refugees from Syria, from Palestine etc. plus the famine happened in the 1990s, so I’m not sure now, in 2024, whether there’s still large amount of people leaving North Korea as legitimate refugee, like the super poor Chinese or Vietnam people from rural areas can’t just go to another country without a visa and expect citizen treatment? Where I am in Australia we have super strict border rules too. Of course, having read many stories of defectors they have experienced horrendous hunger and I wish countries around the world had helped with food for humanitarian aids back then. And wish them all a better life now

[dannydenison]

After the genocide in gaza. And breaking through so much of the propaganda, im highly skeptical of anything like this.

[ishaaqpeters]

its senseless to keep people there if they leave they will send something for their families so is there something to hide?

[privacyhelp]

If the US had not invaded Korea then they would still be united

[awolpeace]

"Because integrity is foreign idea which doesn't belong in our ancient history" 😂😂😂