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Sungju Lee was born in the North Korean capital Pyongyang. As a child he idolised the country's communist leaders and dreamed of following his father into the People's Army. But those dreams crumbled very quickly. Sungju's comfortable life was uprooted and he had to confront starvation, homelessness and even death. It all started when his parents told him they were going on a holiday.

Image: Sungju Lee.
Credit: BBC.

Published on Thursday, 13th October 2016.

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