How was your your life in north korea before coming
I watched them gradually trying to forge their way forward and fight the flames through this terrifying swamp
one thousand people every year
trying to escape from the republic of horor
told by there people
living in a country disconnected from the world, without internet
life In north korea there, there isn't light like at night time there's no lighting no lighting in north
Korea, we are in a woman. We're not allowed to wear
jewelries, that's the
law government to law
It's illegal
And the hair have to be shared so north. Korea. No internet. Yeah, of course, there's no internet
No internet no social media facebook youtube instagram
No technology, no passport. No passport. You cannot travel. You cannot travel.
that's why she had to escape
She has to escape
the escape from hell
when i was little My country was the best on the planet
They call those in North Korea, Survivors
The Survivors
a tiny amount of people
and today were going to meet one of them
she could either escape and survive
and this could be the last episode
ended on the hands of Kim Jong-Un
the is Avalin
avalin escaped North Korea
To america in 2014 will tell you her story today. Um
so, she escaped from North Korea
from the north borders
there is a river that she passed through
from North Korea to China
she lived in fear until she reached Laos
from Laos, she entered Thailand
And then you fly you flew to US or no
No in thailand i've been there 10 months 10 months in um camp in the camp. Yeah in a camp. It's like
immigration camp and refugee camp
It's like jail
but
Who took you the police? Yeah police really?
Yeah, it's kind of protecting us my family some of my family live in north. Korea
But some of my family live in south korea too, and my mom is living in south korea. So why?
she choose south korea and you choose america, um, because
my mom and I
separated
In china, she she doesn't come with me usually in north. Korea. Only rich people can escape. No it depends
Rich people have more opportunity to escape because they have more more money
But we know a lot of people around, you paid for
We pay for the military my mom and me
yeah, I uh around a couple of hundred dollars
we tell him, we will come back. We just promised him and then we never come back to
North korea. How about technology? You learn technology when you come here? Yes, I learn technology when I come here
Yeah, I don't know how to
i'm still learning
I don't even know how to type in computer and then how to using computer at all. Oh my god. I don't know how to
Write the essay
getting higher
What is your dream now my dream
I want to become successful businesswoman
That way I can help north koreans who doesn't have jobs and who doesn't have dreams
I escaped with my mom
I was young too and
I have a future dream of
freedom country and I have future life and if I live in north
Korea life. I don't have um, I cannot see
my future
Be strong yeah, so do you think like kim jong-un kim jong-un
Kim, jong-un is crazy
Um no comment.
ok guys
now we're going to try the Korean Food Here
which is South Korean
but there is a lot of similarities between north and south Korean food
they where one country
but the war separated them in the 50's
you like kimchi? Yes
Mcdonald's, yeah, no, we don't have mcdonald's not like snow. No service
In my school, they teach me
Kim jong-un's
generation
All the school mostly all the school
Talk about kim jong-un's life and then we have to use the words respect words first after we graduate
From high school all the men have to go to the soldier for they have to in soldiers 10 years
for whole their young age in the life in
that military
Yeah, so there's a different way to escape north. Korea. Like one way is um north
Korea to china and one way I heard maybe north. Korea to russia
Or south korea. Yeah
In north. Korea. There's a foreign, foreigner come in north. Korea. We we're not allowed to talk with him
Are you not allowed to talk with foreigners? Yeah foreigners who visit north korea in every every house
have to
Have the kim jong-uns and kim jong
Kim, jong-un's mother or father every house every house. They're going to check every house every month every week
sometimes
almost every week make sure there's no bad, um cities or
or bad dramas
and if you don't put the
It's like licensed license. Yeah city license. If you don't have the picture that'll be that could be problem
and then all the north korean people have to
um
Open yeah
Kim, jong-un or kim kim song third generation. Oh my god. Yeah
If you go there you you have to wear that too
the ways that we knew within our journey from the borders to South Korea
only part of the army is allowed to escape to South Korea
or from military camps for North Korea in Russia
or from China
see those borders? you can escape through the river
and from here, escaped
What do you know about arabs when you were in north korea arabs, hmm
We never see arabic people. I never meet any arabic people
so im a friend of Joe Hattab now
you can take me to North Korea
Um, if the north korea and south korea combined so you wish that I really huffed and wish and I pray for that
So they whole my life so all north korea. Maybe they like to open right? Yes whole north koreans
we're at the bridge to see the sunset, and looks like we're going to say goodbye in a bit
tell us in the comment, what do you think about her story
where she left a country that she was mistreated in
and a country where it is hard to communicate with people in it
so it's great to see her here in the US
it's a sad story
like have you ever thought you could meet someone from North Korea
