A North Korean defector's harrowing journey to freedom, revealing oppression and resilience.
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A North Korean defector's harrowing journey to freedom, revealing oppression and resilience.
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As a child growing up in North Korea, Hyeonseo Lee was one of millions trapped by a secretive and brutal communist regime. Her home on the border with China gave her some exposure to the world beyond the confines of the Hermit Kingdom and, as the famine of the 1990s struck, she began to wonder, question and to realise that she had been brainwashed her entire life. Given the repression, poverty and starvation she witnessed surely her country could not be, as she had been told "the best on the pla...
What's Inside
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Romance & sex
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No evidence found in available sources. To sexual coercion in context of trafficking or escape.
Violence & gore
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Moderate depictions of violence related to oppression and escape.
Profanity
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Substance use
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LGBTQ+ Rep.
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Religious content
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Magic & witchcraft
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Occult / demonology
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Political content
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Strong focus on North Korean regime's oppression and political control.
Self-harm / suicide
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Abuse & suffering
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Frequent themes of systemic suffering under oppressive regime. To sexual coercion in context of trafficking or escape.
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