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Shin In Geun was born
Shin was born inside of a North Korean labor camp somewhere near 1982. The reason why his family was in the labor camp was because his father's brother had defected from North Korea, therefore his entire family had to be “cleansed”. -
Collapse of The Soviet Union
The collapse of the Soviet Union greatly impacted North Korea, because not only was the USSR North Korea’s biggest allie, but they also supplied valuable chemical fertilizer to North Korea, since they did not have very much arable land. -
Shin’s Mother and Brother are Executed
After Shin rats out his mother and brother for their escape attempt, he is the one that originally gets jailed, but then they realize the truth in his words, and punish the correct people, hanging his mother, and shooting his brother. -
Shin’s first escape attempt
When Shin was 17, he attempted to escape, but unfortunately, only 14 days later, he was caught and brutally tortured. -
Shin’s Second escape attempt
When shin was 20, he attempted yet another escape, and this time, was way more successful, managing a full 4 months, and getting into China, before eventually getting turned in, and brutally tortured yet again. -
Shins Third escape attempt
This time, Shin befriended another slave named Park, and they set out together to attempt to escape. Unfortunately, Park died while trying to get over the electric fence, but Shin continued on, using his body as a buffer between him and the electric fence. This would be the final escape, and he successfully ended up in China, and then eventually South Korea. -
Shin gives speech at UN
8 years after his escape, Shin gives an amazing testimonial speech at a UN human rights commission, speaking about the atrocities going on inside North Korea, and how they have all of these slave labor camps for political enemies.
