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Outlook: Repair Boy: Jailed For Watching Soaps

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HAK MIN KIM

31/08/2017 GMT

Repair Boy: Jailed For Watching Soaps

BBC World Service - Outlook, Repair Boy: Jailed For Watching Soaps

Hak-Min Kim's obsession with gadgets put him in a North Korean jail - but also saved him

Hak-Min Kim ended up in jail after he shared western TV shows with other people, but his obsession saved his life when it helped get him released.

Ever since he can remember, Hak-Min Kim has been obsessed with electronic gadgets.  He would fix appliances for his neighbours in North Korea and they called him 'Repair Boy'.  His obsession landed him in jail after he shared TV shows with other people, but it was also to save his life, as people put pressure on the authorities to release him from jail.  He is now living in South Korea and has his own business. 

Dr Charlie Mize is a resuscitation specialist who set up a helicopter rescue service in Bhutan called the Bhutan Emergency Aeromedical Retrieval.  He tells Candida Beveridge how he's saving the lives of people in Bhutan's remotest areas.

Sara Papa is a chef and bread enthusiast who uses a very special ingredient - one that's been in her family for almost 200 years.  She tells us what it is and why it has been passed down through many  generations of her family.

Sebastian Alvarado became a scientist so he could create his own superheroes. So far, he's only working with animals, but one of them has strange parallels with the Incredible Hulk.

Photo: Hak-Min Kim
Credit: Elise Hu, NPR

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