Name: TED】ジョセフ・キム。北朝鮮で失った家族。そして私が得た家族 (【TED】Joseph Kim: The family I lost in North Korea. And the family I gained.)
Uploaded: 2021-01-14T04:28:59.000Z
Duration: 13 min 52 s
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Although my family constantly struggled against poverty,

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My sister and I would go searching for firewood

I would wander the streets searching for food,

Hunger is humiliation. Hunger is hopelessness.

But even as a child, I could feel the heaviness

Over a million North Koreans died of starvation in that time,

In the same year, my mother disappeared one day,

that she was going to China to earn money,

but that she would return with money and food soon.

and I thought we would be together forever,

I didn't even give her a hug when she left.

It was the biggest mistake I have ever made in my life.

I have not seen my mom or my sister since then.

Suddenly, I became an orphan and homeless.

My goal was to find a dusty piece of bread in the trash.

I started to realize, begging would not be the solution.

So I started to steal from food carts in illegal markets.

Once, I even spent two months in the winter

33 meters underground without any protection

Many other orphans survived this way, or worse.

When I could not fall asleep from bitter cold

I mean the kind of hope that made me believe

But if I didn't believe it, I wouldn't even try,

After three years of waiting for my sister's return,

I decided to go to China to look for her myself.

but I would be risking my life either way.

I could die of starvation like my father in North Korea,

or at least I could try for a better life

I had learned that many people tried to cross

the border to China in the nighttime to avoid being seen.

North Korean border guards often shoot and kill people

trying to cross the border without permission.

first because I was still a kid and scared of the dark,

second because I knew I was already taking a risk,

and since not many people tried to cross during the day,

I thought things in China would be easier,

But it was harder than living in North Korea,

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TED】ジョセフ・キム。北朝鮮で失った家族。そして私が得た家族 (【TED】Joseph Kim: The family I lost in North Korea. And the family I gained.)

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