In this episode of Minutes With, we spoke to the remarkable Timothy Cho, a North Korean defector, about his two-time escape from the country run by dictator Kim Jong Un. Timothy explains what it is like to grow up in a 'prison country', where wearing jeans or watching TV could have you killed in a gruesome public execution. Timothy's parents abandon him as a child, leaving him living on the streets and battling starvation during the famine. Incredibly, he manages to escape but is captured by the Chinese Army and brutally tortured for his defection. His incredible journey to freedom ends with the actions of a 13-year-old student who saved his life and granted him the chance to live in democracy.

00:00 - 00:36 - Intro
00:36 - 02:00 - I Miss North Korea
02:00 - 03:30 - Life In A 'Prison Country'
03:30 - 05:24 - I Was Brainwashed
05:24 - 06:47 - Public Executions
06:51 - 09:07 - Abandoned
09:07 - 10:57 - Starvation On The Streets
10:57 - 12:40 - Why I Escaped
12:40 - 15:44 - Fleeing To China
15:44 - 18:00 - Shot At By The Army
18:00 - 21:15 - Tortured For Information
21:15 - 25:00 - Second Escape
25:00 - 29:14 - Captured; I Thought It Was The End
29:14 - 31:22 - Prison Visitor
31:22 - 34:21 - A New Life

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