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Escaping from North Korea (feat. North Korean Dissident Grace Jo)

A More Perfect Podcast

Release Date: 02/16/2025

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Grace Jo was born in North Korea, a place where she almost starved to death as a child. Two of Grace’s brothers died of starvation. Grace’s father was tortured and starved to death, he passed away when North Korean agents transferred him from a detention center to a jail and his “crime” was that he left his country in search of food for his family. One of Grace’s older sisters went to China to find food for her family, but went missing and was probably sold into human trafficking. Grace was repatriated twice to North Korea by the Chinese government, and suffered imprisonment after...

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Grace Jo was born in North Korea, a place where she almost starved to death as a child.

Two of Grace’s brothers died of starvation. Grace’s father was tortured and starved to death, he passed away when North Korean agents transferred him from a detention center to a jail and his “crime” was that he left his country in search of food for his family. One of Grace’s older sisters went to China to find food for her family, but went missing and was probably sold into human trafficking.

Grace was repatriated twice to North Korea by the Chinese government, and suffered imprisonment after she was repatriated. Grace’s mother and one of Grace’s sisters were repatriated four times and suffered torture after repatriation.

This is Grace's harrowing story.

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"𝘛𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘢 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘚𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘢 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘤𝘵. 𝘐𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘴 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘶𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘭."

- 𝘈𝘭𝘦𝘬𝘴𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘳 𝘚𝘰𝘭𝘻𝘩𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘴𝘺𝘯

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