North Korean Escapee Reveals CHILLING Details of his Escape

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(***TIMESTAMPS in Description Below) ~ Hyun-Seung Lee is a former DPRK businessman and chair of the Kim Il Sung Socialist Youth League branch in Dalian, China. A series of purges by Kim Jong Un forced him and his entire family to defect in late 2014, making their way first to South Korea then to the United States. Lee now works as a director for One Korea Network and a fellow of North Korean studies at the Global Peace Foundation, and he has interned with the Foundation for Defense of Democracies.

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TIMESTAMPS
00:00:00 – China & Military Service, Workers Party, Boot Camp, Pride in Serving
00:11:42 – Unit Dispatch, Propaganda, Protecting Leader, Supreme Family Pins
00:23:30 – Camaraderie, Special Forces, Farming, Morse Code, Parade Marching, Mother Singer
00:34:51 – Sister, Banned Words, Pop Star Executions, China-NK Weapons, Troops to Russia
00:46:07 – Weapons & Amm0 to Russia, Discharge, State TV, Propaganda Dept., Leader Focus
00:56:49 – Propaganda with Limited Electricity, The 3rd Channel, 1984 Parallels, Foreign Media, Smuggled USBs, Free Healthcare, Failed Communism
01:07:15 – Bribes for Treatment, Hospital Neglect, COVID D3aths, Post-Service, Studying in China
01:17:12 – Life in China, Father’s Realization, First Hamburger, China’s Progress, Prison Camps
01:27:57 – Killings & Imprisonment, 3-Gen Punishment, Kim Jong Il D3ath, Defection, “No Future”
01:37:35 – Father’s Transition, Defection Help, Escaping NK & China, 24-Hour Notice
01:46:22 – ‘Missing’ Status, Family Leverage, Moving to US
02:00:09 – Leaving South Korea, Arriving US, Living in DC, Leaders Assembly, Fear for Life
02:10:34 – Texas Visit, Guns, Hope for NK, Trump Strategy, Iran Strike Threat, Regime Change
02:23:15 – NK Sympathizers in California, Sanctions Blame, Spirituality in Freedom
02:30:07 – Hyun’s Work

OTHER JDP EPISODES MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:

• Episode 147 - Wally Green: https://youtu.be/9rTvvLA0Xqs
• Episode 203 - Mark Bunker: https://youtu.be/MIlteU6djMk?si=IdWYBqAiUbbdPPah
• Episode 210 - Tony Ortega: https://youtu.be/twrOQUm7Iwo
• Episode 231 - Aaron Smith-Levin: https://youtu.be/tJHLALwRjPY
• Episode 235 - Jenna Miscavige: https://youtu.be/l4Ap0xQKUic

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Julian Dorey Podcast Episode 328 - Hyun-Seung Lee

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