A Family of 4 Fled North Korea, Kim Jong-Un Ordered Arrest at All Costs

A Family of 4 Fled North Korea, Kim Jong-Un Ordered Arrest at All Costs
North Korean villagers ride bicycles on a bridge, as seen from a boat on the Yalu River, opposite Hekou, in China's northeast Liaoning Province, on Feb. 24, 2019. Greg Baker/AFP via Getty Images
Jessica Mao
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Recently, a family of four fled North Korea to China after dosing the border guards with sleeping pills. After learning the news, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un declared: “The defectors must be caught and punished no matter the cost!”

According to The Chosun Ilbo, a South Korean daily newspaper, a family of four in North Korea crossed the Yalu River and escaped to China in the early hours of Oct. 1 by creating a security gap at the border.
Jessica Mao
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Jessica Mao is a writer for The Epoch Times with a focus on China-related topics. She began writing for the Chinese-language edition in 2009.
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