Jihyun Park and Timothy Chow understand the meaning of hardship. Both suffered under the brutal North Korean regime, enduring famine, the deaths of family members and imprisonment in forced labour camps - before fleeing and eventually receiving asylum in the UK.
Stockport-based Timothy Chow's experience was also harrowing. He grew up during a famine in the 1990s known as the Arduous March, a period of mass starvation which left anywhere between one and three million North Koreans dead.Despite being in the UK, Timothy Chow still does not want his face to be shown
"When I arrived in England in 2008, I couldn't speak any English," says Jihyun."But people were so kind and welcoming. I cried and cried, because in North Korea, I didn't feel welcome, but in the UK people made me feel at home." "I was following the news and seeing that so many people were dying and I thought how can I help?" says Jihyun.
The stress has been made easier by the generosity of the North Korean community."My wife answered the phone to somebody saying, 'we're a group of North Korean refugees doing a charitable donation, would you be willing to accept?' For Jihyun and Timothy, it's a privilege to be able to help."The people of this country supported us when we were going through our own trauma," says Timothy.
In the UK they smile at you while spying on you!
I'm sure there's more security cameras in the UK than North Korea.
Obviously not talking about the weather
Good thing nobody is spying on us here in the UK, right alexa? Alexa: that is correct.😏
the British people are the most charitable compassionate people on gods earth. they deserve far better leadership than the leadership they have received over the last 1000 years.
Sounds like the spying in the UK is warm and wonderful lol
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BBC is political dog
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 If there is one thing Covid19 has exposed - mainly thanks to the BBCs bullshit reporting of it to keep the government happy - its that we are way worse than North Korea
Isn’t it comforting that Britain comes across as warm and wonderful compared to North Korea?
Doesnt UK have CCTV everywhere? And spy on its citizens along with every 5 eyes nation all the time?
People get spied on in the UK as well 😂
Who’s gonna be the one to break the news to her
The BBC put out more state propaganda than the Koreans do ffs