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Outlook: I Led a Street Gang in North Korea

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Sungju Lee

13/10/2016 GMT

I Led a Street Gang in North Korea

BBC World Service - Outlook, I Led a Street Gang in North Korea

Sungju Lee fought other children and stole food to survive on the streets.

Sungju Lee was born in the North Korean capital Pyongyang. As a child he idolised the country's communist leaders and dreamed of following his father into the People's Army. But those dreams crumbled very quickly. Sungju's comfortable life was uprooted and he had to confront starvation, homelessness and even death. 

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