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November 08, 2024

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David

David is from Hamhung in North Korea. When he was younger, he was a footballer and later joined the North Korean army. In the army, David was deployed to the front lines and crossed the DMZ to South Korea in 2012. He graduated from university in South Korea and currently works as PR manager for North Korean human rights organization NAUH.

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Ask a North Korean: How one soldier escaped across the heavily armed DMZ

Ask a North Korean: How one soldier escaped across the heavily armed DMZ

New columnist David writes about the challenges of army life and how a South Korean leaflet convinced him to defect

Ask a North Korean: How one soldier escaped across the heavily armed DMZ
David April 28, 2023