Friday, July 3, 2009

North Korean Defector Describes Inner Workings of Isolated Regime

Photo: North Korean leader Kim Jong-il shows his ballot during the 12th Supreme People's Assembly in Pyongyang, in this April 9, 2009 file, frame grab taken from footage released by KRT. (Reuters)

From FOX News:

North Korean defector Kim Kwang Jin recounted his extraordinary experiences working for the Northeast Asia Bank and Korea National Insurance Corporation, where he handled accounts worth hundreds of million of dollars.

As they crossed the airport in Singapore that day in 2003, heading for the plane that would take them to Seoul -- and a new life of freedom -- North Korean defector Kim Kwang Jin and his wife and son all feared for their lives.

"My wife was very frightened," recalled Kim, a high-ranking banker for the North Korean regime who was stationed in Singapore at the time. "She told me afterwards that...every step through the airport was like walk[ing] to [her] slaughtering....It was not easy to make such a decision."

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My Comment: One day there will be accounting for this .... but unfortunately for the North Korea people, Kim-Jong Il will probably be already dead when that day comes.

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