Live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. Its newsday. Good morning. Its 9am here in singapore, 1am in london and also 9am in north korea where we start our programme with a rare insight into one of the most secretive countries on earth. Every year, over 1,000 people flee north korea. We spoke to an unusual pair of defectors one of them was a prison guard who escaped with one of his detainees. The bbc koreans Hyung Eun Kim has their story. Rare pictures smuggled out of north korea. Footage kim jong uns government doesnt want you to see. Troops tend to cornfields, trying to feed the population. More soldiers browse government approved dvds. 0thers patrol the border with china. Its here where most of those who want to escape make the desperate dash for safety. Now two people who made it out want to tell their story. Were on our way to a safe house, where the defectors are being kept. Everything about their movements has to be kept secret for their safety. Thi
Live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news its newsday. Good morning. Its 8 00am in singapore, midnight in london, and we start our programme with a rare insight into one of the most secretive countries on earth. Every year, over 1,000 people flee north korea. We spoke to an unusual pair of defectors one of them was a prison guard who escaped with one of his detainees. Bbc koreans Hyung Eun Kim has their story. Rare pictures smuggled out of north korea. Footage kim jong uns government doesnt want you to see. Troops tend to cornfields, trying to feed the population. More soldiers browse government approved dvds. 0thers patrol the border with china. Its here where most of those who want to escape make the desperate dash for safety. Now two people who made it out want to tell their story. Were on our way to a safe house, where the defectors are being kept. Everything about their movements has to be kept secret for their safety. This man was a prison guard at a D
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