The Children of North Korea Escaped to China

  • English Children Escaped from North Korea (festival title) (more)
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Short / Documentary
South Korea, 1999, 35 min

Directed by:

Jae-sung Byun

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This film follows a group of refugee boys who escaped form North Korea in search of food across the Chinese-Korean border cities in the self-governing state of Jilin. The boys live from hand to mouth by begging on the streets, running errands in restaurants, and selling trash for recycling. But they never lose their dream of going back home with money to help their starving families. (One World)

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