North Korea: Escape Planned for a Decade

Name: North Korea: Escape Planned for a Decade
Uploaded: 2026-05-11T03:54:37.000Z
Description: For a decade, two brothers quietly planned their family’s escape from North Korea. In an interview with CNN’s Mike Valerio, the defector Kim Il-hyeok recounts a perilous journey through a typhoon, minefields and one of the world’s most heavily fortified maritime borders separating North and South Korea.

Published May 11, 2026

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Mike Valerio

23.3K subs•124 videos•Oct 2011

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