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were hurting the Kim regime, and that it is under significant pressure. In another interview the same month, Thae said, "I am very determined to do everything possible to pull down the regime to save not only my family members but also the whole North Korean people from slavery." Thae believes that
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quoted from 2017 hearing speech, "AND ARE BEING PHYSICALLY OR SEXUALLY ASKED WHAT IT. WHILE THE U.S. SHOULD CAN SINEW URGING CHINA AND RUSSIA TO SUPPORT MORE ECONOMIC SANCTIONS, IT SHOULD ALSO DO MORE TO STOP BEIJING BRINGING DEFECTORS BACK TO NORTH KOREA. THE WORLD WAS UNITED TO ABOLISH THE SOUTH
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just before Thae's defection. Thae was able to escape with his wife and children, but his brother and sister were left behind in North Korea. Thae stated after his defection that "I'm sure that my relatives and my brothers and sisters are either sent to remote, closed areas or to prison camps, and
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Gangnam District, Thae easily beat his opponent, becoming the first North Korean defector to win a National Assembly seat through a constituency vote.
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concert in London. During his time in London, he lived in a two-bedroom flat in West London. Thae stated that he defected as he did not want his children, who were used to a life of freedom in
Britain, to live a life of oppression in North Korea.
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as "a remarkably balanced and unbiased text" and it "writes about the North Korean system in a slightly detached way, describing how things are done but never going into a righteous frenzy of moralistic outrage".
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AFRICAN APARTHEID. NOW IT IS TIME FOR THE WORLD TO STOP THE WIDESPREAD AND SYSTEMATIC HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS IN NORTH KOREA. WHICH ARE TANTAMOUNT TO THE CRIMES COMMITTED BY THE NAZIS."
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