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How could our country lie so completely?
Meet the North Korean defectors
http://www.theguardian.com/global/2016/aug/27/north-korea-defectors-ian-birrell
Publisher: The Guardian
Date Written: 27/08/2016
Year Published: 2016
Resource Type: Article
Describing the efforts of North Korean defectors engaing in a propaganda to inspire others to flee the country.
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Watching the balloons disappear into the night, it is hard not to think that these are flimsy weapons with which to fight the maverick nuclear power that lies a mile north. Yet Park’s missions seem to have stung North Korea. He has been named “Enemy Zero”. Five years ago, he survived an assassination attempt by an agent armed with two poison-tipped pens and a torch that fired bullets. The would-be killer asked to meet, but the police went in his place; now Park has permanent bodyguards. Missiles have been fired back over the border in response to his balloon launches, and at times of tension South Korea has deployed the police to prevent his efforts.
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The penalties for watching even the mildest materials are harsh, as 32-year-old musician Jiwon Jung can testify. We meet in a downtown cafe. She has cropped hair, several earrings and a ready smile. Her mother was a doctor and her father taught the accordion. Like many elite North Koreans, the family bought illegal items that gave glimpses into the wider world. “We would listen to music, although we didn’t know it was from a couple of decades ago,” she recalls.
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