webfact Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 North Korean Follows Path to Freedom in BangkokBy Simon DuncanAssistant EditorHyeonseo Lee talks to the press Friday Feb. 12, 2016, at the Shangri-La Hotel, Bangkok.BANGKOK — In January 2008, Hyeonseo Lee boarded a flight from Shanghai to Bangkok via Seoul. Lee differed from the millions of Chinese who fly to Thailand each year: Her Chinese passport was fake.She was actually North Korean.Lee never made it to Bangkok that day, as she got off the plane on her stopover in Seoul and sought asylum. After months spent in detention centers, she won her freedom after proving to authorities she was a North Korean refugee.Full story: http://www.khaosodenglish.com/detail.php?newsid=1455709070&typecate=06§ion= -- Khaosod English 2016-02-18 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacky54 Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 if she's North Korean she will feel at home in Thailand then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thesetat2013 Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 Pretty girl. Wouldn't have minded her seeking asylum in my arms. Although my wife would have imprisoned her for sure hehee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seahorse Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 Pretty girl. Wouldn't have minded her seeking asylum in my arms. Although my wife would have imprisoned her for sure hehee Not just a pretty face. Smart, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
selftaopath Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 if she's North Korean she will feel at home in Thailand then Yea unless the govt. sends her back to NK. I wouldn't be surprise if they did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezzra Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 (edited) I volunteer to take time off my busy schedule of doing absolutely nothing and show her around and teach her English, it will take few weeks, but I'm all for helping another human being..... Edited February 17, 2016 by ezzra Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeremyBowskill Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 Must have good dentists in North Korea........................... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeverSure Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 IMHO some of the prettiest women in Asia are in S. Korea. I haven't seen N. Korea but it's possible it's the same? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NCC1701A Posted February 18, 2016 Share Posted February 18, 2016 she should spend some time in Hua Hin after her ordeal. I'm getting the spare bedroom setup right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessi Posted February 18, 2016 Share Posted February 18, 2016 A move to North Korea could mean more freedom for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MZurf Posted February 18, 2016 Share Posted February 18, 2016 if she's North Korean she will feel at home in Thailand then In Thailand only 99.3 % of the population is happy with their dear leader. In NK the percentage is much higher! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlQaholic Posted February 18, 2016 Share Posted February 18, 2016 Lucky for her she did not continue to Thailand....she would have been deported back to NK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blazes Posted February 18, 2016 Share Posted February 18, 2016 Not exactly smart to attract so much publicity in the "West" ....it surely would not be too difficult for NK agents to locate her after she leaves the Shangri-La. Usually, the Dear Leader executes all remaining members of the fugitive's family. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrjohn Posted February 18, 2016 Share Posted February 18, 2016 Anyone interested in the terrifying journey that North Koreans have to undertake in order to escape from the vile regime that runs their country should read: In Order to Live - A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom, by Yeonmi Park. Fairly easily available as an e-book if you know where to look. It also featured as a BBC "Book of the Week” which appears to be no longer available but I am quite happy to share with anyone After a long journey through China and dealing with abuse and corrupt officials, she still has to endure months of interrogation in South Korea to “prove” that she is in fact from the North. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asdecas Posted February 18, 2016 Share Posted February 18, 2016 Meanwhile, odd things continue to happen locally: http://www.asiasentinel.com/opinion/another-suicide-in-top-thailand-police-ranks/#frameId=appnext_widget&height=64 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thailand Posted February 18, 2016 Share Posted February 18, 2016 This happened 8 years ago, she is here for the first time to promote her book I believe. "Thailand is the most important country for North Koreans, Lee said Saturday in her speech at Bangkok Edge, because it allows safe passage from the border with Laos to Bangkok and the South Korean embassy." Tell that to the Uighurs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deli Posted February 18, 2016 Share Posted February 18, 2016 If only all asylum seekers would be like her... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krataiboy Posted February 18, 2016 Share Posted February 18, 2016 Mocking the leader is a serious offense in North Korea, unthinkable in public and risky even in private, as people may inform the police. - Khaosod English report. Deja vu. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emster23 Posted February 18, 2016 Share Posted February 18, 2016 "Lee never made it to Bangkok that day". More examples of how headline writers don't read the article. It seems 8 years after she got off in Seoul she came to Bangkok. If she'd come straight here (these days at least) she'd been sent right back to death in N Korea. Maybe odds would have been better 8 years ago, when Thailand wasn't such a lapdog to China. If she found freedom in Thailand, I hope she is kind enough to give us directions just where it is. Been missing for a while now..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baboon Posted February 18, 2016 Share Posted February 18, 2016 Not exactly smart to attract so much publicity in the "West" ....it surely would not be too difficult for NK agents to locate her after she leaves the Shangri-La. Usually, the Dear Leader executes all remaining members of the fugitive's family. "Usually, the Dear Leader executes all remaining members of the fugitive's family."Completely untrue, but well in keeping with a lot of the other nonsense one reads on the subject of the DPRK on Thaivisa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roomuck Posted February 18, 2016 Share Posted February 18, 2016 IMHO some of the prettiest women in Asia are in S. Korea. I haven't seen N. Korea but it's possible it's the same? Never Sure, I totally 100% agree with you on this one. South Korean men actually prefer the North Korean as they see them as "more pure" I have told Thais that I think Thai women are the second most beautiful in the world, second to the Koreans. They always come back that it is only because of plastic surgery. Thailand number 1! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeorgesAbitbol Posted February 18, 2016 Share Posted February 18, 2016 If Prayout can make an interesting deal with NK, for sure she will be sent back... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry2 Posted February 18, 2016 Share Posted February 18, 2016 This happened 8 years ago, she is here for the first time to promote her book I believe. "Thailand is the most important country for North Koreans, Lee said Saturday in her speech at Bangkok Edge, because it allows safe passage from the border with Laos to Bangkok and the South Korean embassy." Tell that to the Uighurs She is a genuine refugee unlike the Muslim Uighurs - who are '''refugees''' only because their savage 7th century belief system puts them in conflict with non-believers right across the world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomyumchai Posted February 18, 2016 Share Posted February 18, 2016 Must have good dentists in North Korea...........................its probably the lack of sugar and caffine in their cabbage diet that helped there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baerboxer Posted February 18, 2016 Share Posted February 18, 2016 if she's North Korean she will feel at home in Thailand then A tad of an exaggeration? Have you or the geniuses who liked your post ever been to NK, on business, holiday or lived there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baerboxer Posted February 18, 2016 Share Posted February 18, 2016 This happened 8 years ago, she is here for the first time to promote her book I believe. "Thailand is the most important country for North Koreans, Lee said Saturday in her speech at Bangkok Edge, because it allows safe passage from the border with Laos to Bangkok and the South Korean embassy." Tell that to the Uighurs She is a genuine refugee unlike the Muslim Uighurs - who are '''refugees''' only because their savage 7th century belief system puts them in conflict with non-believers right across the world. Not heard of any North Korean refugees carrying out terrorist attacks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blazes Posted February 18, 2016 Share Posted February 18, 2016 Not exactly smart to attract so much publicity in the "West" ....it surely would not be too difficult for NK agents to locate her after she leaves the Shangri-La. Usually, the Dear Leader executes all remaining members of the fugitive's family. "Usually, the Dear Leader executes all remaining members of the fugitive's family."Completely untrue, but well in keeping with a lot of the other nonsense one reads on the subject of the DPRK on Thaivisa. Are you an attaché at the N Korean (sorry, Embassy of the DPRK) in Bangkok by any chance? (Your avatar would suggest so) I see your words are as unprovable, beyond all doubt, as mine are. However, the history of all totalitarianism suggests that your family is in danger, back home, when you decide to eff off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norvid 1950 Posted February 18, 2016 Share Posted February 18, 2016 Brave girl. I wonder however, if her all relatives are now imprisoned in a concentration camp as a North Korea standard practice, or outcome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheCruncher Posted February 18, 2016 Share Posted February 18, 2016 Pretty girl. Wouldn't have minded her seeking asylum in my arms. Although my wife would have imprisoned her for sure hehee Why posters on this forum always think and talk from their small head? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thesetat2013 Posted February 18, 2016 Share Posted February 18, 2016 (edited) Pretty girl. Wouldn't have minded her seeking asylum in my arms. Although my wife would have imprisoned her for sure hehee Why posters on this forum always think and talk from their small head?[/quote I guess the same reason other posters feel they need to get a comment in even if it means criticizing a joke. Edited February 18, 2016 by thesetat2013 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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