Mr. Thae chairman royce, Ranking Member engel, distinguished members of the House Committee, thank you for the opportunity to be here today. First, i would like to express my sincere gratitude to chairman royce, who kept his promise to accommodate my wishes to visit the United States and gave me this opportunity to testify before the House Committee on foreign affairs. As you are all aware, i worked at the front line of north korean diplomacy until i defected to south korea in summer of 2016. But my story is quite different from other defectors who may have experienced political oppression, Inhumane Treatment in prison camps, or to avoid hunger and other difficulties. Economic difficulties. Rather, today i would like to tell you about my life as a north korean diplomat, why i defected to the free world, why kim jongun is developing nuclear and icbm programs, and how best to deal with the north korean regime. I went through causes in north korea, which cannot be dreamed by ordinary citi
They are no exit places, where one goes if you are believed over imagine by the north korean government of having done something wrong, of having been a wrongdoer or a wrong finger. And you go there wrong finger. You go there without trial, usually taken away at night and you stay there for the rest of your life. And very often you go with kids and with your parents. I was at a conference yesterday on a concentration camp and the latest information i is that haf of the people in the camps now are believed to be just a relative of wrong doers or wrong thinkers. So collective guilt is very much a part of this system. And reasoned the camps exist that have existed for more than 40 years is because they are an instrument of terror, of the kim family dynasty. What they do is they put away those who might cause trouble, and they terrorize a 23, 24 Million People in the country to not even think about causing trouble. To that and theyve been pretty darn successful. North korea has been the lo
Certainty, and with the degree of anger. Which i share. So whatever you have come from, go back safely. And i thank you. This hearing is adjourned. Thank you. [inaudible conversations]. This week a debate on americas greatness. Veterans health care, and the center cdc, we visit the Atlanta Press club and take a history tour looking at the civil war. Cspan primetime, monday through friday at 8 00 p. M. Eastern and let us know what you think about the programs youre watching. You can call us or email us. Join the cspan conversation. Like us on facebook, follow us on twitter. Now, a conversation with authors featured in chances latest book. We look back at author interviews from our book notes and q a programs. Next, Blaine Harden talks about his book escape he escaped by going through an electrified fence and climbing over a dead companions body. This program is just under an hour. Host your booking escape from camp 14 but your preface is, his first memory is an execution. Guest the stor
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