North Korean Defectors - Movie: Crossing

Crossing is a Korean movie. The movie is based on a real story about the life of a North Korean defector and his family.

Actor Cha In-pyo starred as a North Korean coal miner who crossed illegally into China to get medicine for his wife. His wife passed away soon after he crossed the border, and he was separated from his 11-year-old son (played by Shin Myung-chul) who was trying to trace him from North Korea.

The story shares the hardship of North Korean refugees in the late 1990s, with famine striking the country and killed an estimated 1 million people.
The North Koreans could not cross into South Korea directly because of landmines and heavy military presence at the border these defectors had to cross into China and made a de-tour to South Korea instead.
The Chinese government, an ally of the North Korean regime, does not recognize the defectors as refugees and would send them back to North Korea to face stiff action.

Escaping North Korea - documentary

North Koreans are on the run. Most are women and children. Many are caught and sent back to famine and brutality in the world's last closed communist state. Families are torn apart children left behind as their mothers risk everything in their bid for freedom.
This documentary shows a rare footage of escapes as they happen.



Escaping North Korea - BBC documentary with English Subtitles

The secrets inside North Korea

This documentary gives you an idea about the conditions in North Korea. It draws the picture of the horrible persecution of the people and shows the desperate situation. You will understand why the people are longing to escape this tyranny.


Hardcash productions 2005