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True stories of ordinary people and the extraordinary events that have shaped their lives

True stories of ordinary people and the extraordinary events that have shaped their lives.

Outlook: 23/04/2012

23/04/2012

BBC World Service - Outlook, 23/04/2012

The South Korean parted from his wife and family for twenty years.

Among Matthew Bannister's guests today, the South Korean who has not seen his family for 20 years and bitterly regrets agreeing to work for North Korea.

Extraordinary personal stories from around the world:  today, Matthew Bannister hears from Oh Kil-nam, the South Korean man who has not seen his wife and children since he defected from North Korea  20 years ago.  Also in the programme, the British advertising executive who spent years in Malaysia learning from a Kung Fu Grandmaster.  And Rana Jawad, the BBC journalist who risked her life to write an undercover blog during the Libyan revolution.

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