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Inside the Kim regime

Have you ever wondered what life is like at the very top of the North Korean regime?

Have you ever wondered what life is like at the very top of the North Korean regime? Thae Yong-ho was once the Deputy Ambassador of North Korea to the United Kingdom until he defected with his family in 2016. Yong-Ho gives a first-hand account of how and why he risked everything to escape London's North Korean Embassy for a new life in South Korea.

(Photo: Thae Yong-ho in South Korea, with kind permission)

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