Imagine you’re just 11 years old, summoned to the town square alongside every other kid in your neighborhood, forced to watch a man tied to a post. A firing squad steps forward, rifles raised. The first bullet rips through the prisoner’s eyes, and the crowd screams, but you can’t look away. That was normal life for Timothy Cho, a North Korean child caught in one of the most repressive regimes on Earth.

00:00 Tortured in North Korea: The Timothy Cho Tragedy
01:29 Parents’ Defection & Orphaned Life
03:31 Life as a Kotjebi (Homeless Child)
04:21 Survival During the Arduous March Famine
04:53 First Escape Attempt
05:40 Capture & Deportation Back to North Korea
07:34 North Korea’s Prison System Explained
09:36 Torture Methods in the Gulags
11:18 Second Escape Attempt
13:30 International Outcry & Rescue
14:42 Life After Escape
15:49 Timothy’s Advocacy Work Today

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