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Newshour: North Korea Defector: 'People Will Rise Against The Regime One Day'

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North Korea Defector: 'People Will Rise Against The Regime One Day'

25/01/2017 GMT

BBC World Service - Newshour, North Korea Defector: 'People Will Rise Against The Regime One Day'

A man who once spoke for the government of North Korea explains why he decided to defect

A rare interview with North Korea's former Deputy Ambassador who defected to South Korea.

A high-profile North Korean defector tells the BBC he believes Kim Jong-Un's regime will be defeated one day by a people's uprising.

Also on the programme: Violent jihadists launch a fatal attack on a hotel in Somalia's capital Mogadishu. And celebrations in Japan as a home-grown Sumo wrestler wins the top prize.


(Photo: North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un during a combat drill of the Korean People's Army. Credit: Getty Images)

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