By Julie Zaugg,
CNN Updated 0409 GMT (1209 HKT) June 10,
2019
Jilin China (CNN)
(Áß±¹, ±æ¸²)
Wearing big black headphones and sitting on a blue floral bedspread,
North Korean defector Lee Yumi was video chatting with yet another stranger
online, dark rings shading the pale skin under her eyes.
ºÏÇÑ Å»ºÏÀÚ ÀÌÀ¯¹Ì(Lee Yumi)´Â °ËÁ¤ ÇìµåÆùÀ» Âø¿ëÇÏ°í ÆÄ¶õ ²ÉÀÙ ÀÌºÒ À§¿¡ ¾É¾Æ ´©±º°¡¿Í ÀÎÅͳÝÀ¸·Î
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For five years, Lee -- whose name has been changed for her safety
-- says she had been imprisoned with a handful of other girls in a tiny apartment
in northeast China, after the broker she trusted to plan her escape from North
Korea sold her to a cybersex operator. Her captor allowed her to leave the apartment
once every six months. Attempts to escape had failed.
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Lee's story is shared by thousands of North Korean girls and
women, some as young as 9 years old, who are being abducted or trafficked to
work in China's multimillion-dollar sex trade, according to a report by the
London-based non-profit organization Korea Future Initiative (KFI).
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À¯±«µÇ°Å³ª ÀνŸŸŠ°Å·¡°¡ ÀÌ·ç¾îÁø´Ù°í ÇÕ´Ï´Ù.
North Korean women are often enslaved in brothels, sold into
repressive marriages or made to perform graphic acts in front of webcams in
satellite towns near cities close to China's border with North Korea, the KFI
found. If caught by the Chinese authorities, they face repatriation to North Korea where defectors
are often tortured. CNN was not able to independently verify claims made in
the report.
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Lee, however, had just found a lifeline. The stranger the 28-year-old
was talking to online was not a cybersex customer. He was a South Korean pastor
-- and he had promised to save her.
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¡°Don't worry, we are going to rescue you,¡± he said.
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Lee smiled weakly and started to tear up, before typing back:
¡°Thank you. I'm afraid.¡±
À̾¾´Â ÀÛÀº ¹Ì¼Ò¸¦ ÁöÀ¸¸ç ¿ï¸ÔÀÌ¸ç ´ë´äÇß½À´Ï´Ù. ¡°°¨»çÇÕ´Ï´Ù. ¹«¼¿ö¿ä.¡±
A ray of light
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It was during the summer of 2018 that Lee finally saw her chance
to escape.
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¡°One of my customers realized I was North Korean and was being
held captive,¡± said Lee. While most men probably knew the girls weren't South
Korean, because North Koreans have different accents and dialects to people
in the south, they chose to look the other way.
¡°°í°´ Áß ÇѸíÀÌ ³»°¡ Å»ºÏÀÚ¶ó´Â »ç½Ç°ú °Á¦·Î ºÙÀâÇô ÀÖ´Ù´Â °ÍÀ»
¾Ë°Ô µÇ¾ú½À´Ï´Ù.¡± ´ë´Ù¼öÀÇ ³²¼ºµéÀº ´Ù¸¥ ¾ï¾ç°ú »çÅõ¸® ¶§¹®¿¡ ¿©¼ºµéÀÌ Çѱ¹ »ç¶÷ÀÌ
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This man was different.
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¡°He bought a laptop and let me take control of the screen remotely,
so I could send messages without my boss noticing,¡± Lee said.
¡°À̺ÐÀº ³ëÆ®ºÏÀ» »ç¿ëÇÏ¿© ¿ø°ÝÀ¸·Î Á¦ ÄÄÇ»Å͸¦ ÀÛµ¿Çؼ °¨½ÃÀÚ
¸ð¸£°Ô ¸Þ½ÃÁö¸¦ º¸³¾ ¼ö ÀÖµµ·Ï Çß½À´Ï´Ù.¡±
The man also gave her the phone number of a South Korean pastor
named Chun Ki-Won.
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Chun, a mild-mannered man with high cheekbones and wavy gray
hair, is one of a band of Korean pastors who specialize in helping North Korean
women escape from China. Chun said his Christian aid organization, Durihana,
has helped over 1,000 defectors reach Seoul since 1999. Korean media has nicknamed
him the Asian Schindler, after the German industrialist and Nazi Party member
who saved the lives of 1,200 Jews.
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Áß±¹¿¡¼ Å»ÃâÇÏ´Â °ÍÀ» µ½´Â Çѱ¹ ¸ñȸÀÚ Áß ÇÑ ¸íÀÌ´Ù. õ¸ñ»ç´ÔÀÇ ±âµ¶±³ À뱂 ´Üü ¡®µÎ¸®Çϳª¡¯´Â 1999³â ÀÌÈķκÎÅÍ 1,000¸íÀÌ ³Ñ´Â Å»ºÏÀÚµéÀ» Çѱ¹À¸·Î ±¸ÃâÇß½À´Ï´Ù. Çѱ¹ÀÇ ¾ð·ÐµéÀº 1,200 ¸íÀÇ À¯´ëÀÎÀÇ »ý¸íÀ» ±¸ÇÑ µ¶ÀÏÀÇ Oskar Schindleró·³ ±×¸¦ ¡®¾Æ½Ã¾ÆÀÇ ½®µé·¯¡¯¶ó°í ¸»ÇÕ´Ï´Ù.
¡°In the past few years, dozens of missionaries linked to my
organization have been deported from China,¡± he said from his Seoul office that overflowed with plants,
books and religious figurines. ¡°There are only a few left, and they have to stay on the move
constantly to avoid being arrested.¡±
´Ù¾çÇÑ ½Ä¹°°ú ±×¸²µé, Á¾±³ÀûÀΠåµé·Î °¡µæÇÑ ±×ÀÇ ¼¿ï »ç¹«½Ç¿¡¼ õ¸ñ»ç´ÔÀÌ ¸»Çß½À´Ï´Ù. ¡°¸î ³â ÀüºÎÅÍ ¡®µÎ¸®Çϳª¡¯ ¼±±³»ç´ÔµéÀÌ Áß±¹¿¡¼ °Á¦·Î Ãß¹æ´çÇϰí ÀÖ½À´Ï´Ù. ÀÌÁ¦´Â ¸î ¸í¹Û¿¡ ¾È ³²¾Ò½À´Ï´Ù. À̺еéÀº üÆ÷´çÇÏÁö ¾Ê°Ô ´Ã À̵¿ÇØ¾ß Çϸç Á¶½ÉÇØ¾ß ÇÕ´Ï´Ù.¡±
China is a close ally of Pyongyang and doesn't consider North
Korean defectors refugees, instead seeing them as illegal economic migrants.
¡°When it catches them, it sends them back (to North Korea),
where they face torture, internment in a labor camp and sometimes death,¡± said Lee Eunkoo, the co-founder of Teach North Korean Refugees,
an NGO that helps defectors learn English.
Áß±¹Àº Æò¾ç°ú °¡±î¿î µ¿¸ÍÀ̸ç Å»ºÏÀÚµéÀ» ³¹ÎÀ¸·Î ÀÎÁ¤ÇÏÁö ¾ÊÀ¸¸ç
±×µéÀ» ºÒ¹ýÀ¸·Î ÀÔ±¹ÇÑ °æÁ¦³ëµ¿ÀÚ·Î Ãë±ÞÇÕ´Ï´Ù. ¡°Áß±¹¿¡¼ Å»ºÏÀÚ¸¦ üÆ÷ÇÏ¸é ºÏÇÑÀ¸·Î Ãß¹æ½Ãŵ´Ï´Ù. ±×µéÀº °Å±â¼ °í¹®À̳ª, °Á¦ ³ëµ¿¼ö¿ë¼Ò¿¡ ¾ï·ù´çÇϰųª »çÇü±îÁöµµ ¹ÞÀ» ¼ö ÀÖ´Â Çö½Ç¿¡
´ÚÄ¡°Ô µË´Ï´Ù,¡± Teach North Korean RefugeesÀÇ °øµ¿ ⸳ÀÚÀÎ ÀÌÀº±³¾¾°¡ ¸»Çß½À´Ï´Ù. Teach North Korean RefugeesÀº ºñ¿µ¸® ±â°üÀ¸·Î ºÏÇÑÅ»ºÏÀڵ鿡°Ô ¿µ¾î¸¦ °¡¸£ÃÄ ÁÖ´Â ´ÜüÀÔ´Ï´Ù.
In September 2018, Lee contacted Pastor Chun on KakaoTalk, a
Korean messaging service.
À̾¾´Â 2018³â 9¿ù õ¸ñ»ç´Ô²² óÀ½À¸·Î Ä«Åå ¹®ÀÚ¸¦ º¸³Â½À´Ï´Ù.
¡°Hi, I want to go to South Korea. Can you help me?¡± read the first message she sent.
¡°¾È³çÇϼ¼¿ä. Çѱ¹¿¡ °¡°í ½Í¾î¿ä. Àú µµ¿ÍÁÖ½Ç ¼ö ÀÖÀ¸¼¼¿ä?¡±
Over the following weeks, Lee explained to Chun how she had
ended up in a cybersex chatroom. He asked her about the apartment's layout and
her boss' comings and goings.
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By mid-October a plan had been hatched: Chun would send a team
to Yanji to extract Lee and Kwang.
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On October 26, while Yumi's boss was away for the day, Durihana's
members arrived at the foot of the building. The two girls knotted their bedsheets
together and dropped them out of their window. The extraction team then tied
a rope to the sheets, which the girls pulled up and used to lower themselves
safely to the ground.
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They were only able to take a small backpack with a couple of
essentials -- a pack of wet wipes and a comb. They jumped into a car and sped
away.
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The whole operation took minutes.
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Journey to the south
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Korean pastors have set up a network of routes and safe houses
in China inspired by the Underground Railroad, the secret passages enslaved
African-Americans used to escape to free states from the late 1700s until the
US Civil War.
Çѱ¹ÀÇ ¸ñȸÀÚµéÀº Áß±¹¿¡¼ ¾ÈÀüÇÑ ÁÖÅðú Å»Ãâ·çÆ®·Î ºñ¹Ðö·Î(Underground Railroad)¸¦ ±¸ÃàÇß½À´Ï´Ù. ÀÌ ºñ¹Ð Åë·Î´Â 1700³â´ë ÈĹݺÎÅÍ ¹Ì±¹ ³²ºÏÀüÀï ¶§ ÈæÀÎ ³ë¿¹µéÀ» ÀÚÀ¯±¹°¡·Î ±¸ÃâÇϱâ
À§ÇØ »ç¿ëÇÏ´ø ºñ¹Ðö·Î¿¡¼ ¿µ°¨À» ¾ò¾î ¸¸µé¾ú½À´Ï´Ù.
¡°Each individual cell knows nothing about the other ones, to
avoid compromising the whole operation if one of them gets caught,¡± said Tim Peters, the American pastor living in Seoul who is
helping North Koreans flee.
¡°ÀüüÀÇ ¾ÈÀüÀ» À§Çؼ ÀÚ½ÅÀÌ »ýȰÇÏ´Â °ø°£¿ÜÀÇ ´Ù¸¥ ¾ÆÁöÆ®ÀÇ Á¤º¸´Â
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Before 1998, defectors would simply knock on the door of the
South Korean consulate general in Shenyang, the capital of neighboring Liaoning
province, around 790 kilometers (490 miles) from the border with North Korea.
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But during the Sunshine Policy era (1998 to 2008), which saw
a rapprochement between Seoul and Pyongyang, several refugees were deported
to North Korea from the Shenyang consulate, according to the book ¡°Escape from North Korea: The Untold Story of Asia's Underground
Railroad¡± by Melanie Kirkpatrick. Defectors then started crossing the
Gobi desert into Mongolia, aiming to reach the South Korean embassy in the capital.
But that route closed in 2010, when Ulaanbaatar reinstated strong diplomatic
links with North Korea.
±×·¯³ª ¼¿ï°ú Æò¾çÀÇ ÈÇØ¸¦ ¸ñÀûÀ¸·Î ÇÑ ¡®ÇÞºµÁ¤Ã¥¡¯ ½Ã±â ¶§(1998~2008), ¸î ¸íÀÇ Å»ºÏÀÚµéÀÌ ¼±¾ç¿¡¼ ºÏÇÑÀ¸·Î °Á¦ ¼Ûȯ ´çÇß´Ù°í ¡®ºÏÇÑÀ¸·ÎºÎÅÍÀÇ Å»Ã⡯(Melanie Kirkpatrick) À̶ó´Â Ã¥¿¡¼ ¸»ÇÕ´Ï´Ù. ÀÌÈÄ·Î Å»ºÏÀÚµéÀº ¸ù°ñ ¼öµµ¿¡ ÀÖ´Â Çѱ¹ ´ë»ç°ü¿¡ °¡±â À§ÇØ °íºñ»ç¸·À»
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The only option left was to go south through China, hoping to
reach a country that wouldn't send North Korean refugees home.
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50½Ã°£ÀÌ °É·È½À´Ï´Ù.
After escaping Yanji, Lee and Kwang said they went across China
on buses and trains using fake Korean passports. Their last stop was Kunming,
in China's deep southwest. From there, most defectors cross the border illegally
into Laos or Myanmar and either head for the South Korean Embassy in the capital
cities of those countries, or continue to Bangkok, in Thailand. CNN has not
revealed which country Lee and Kwang traveled to for security reasons.
¿¬±æ¿¡¼ Å»Ãâ ÇÑ ÈÄ, À̾¾¿Í ±¤¾¾´Â ¹ö½º¿Í ±âÂ÷¸¦ Ÿ°í Áß±¹ ³²¼ÂÊ¿¡ ÀÖ´Â µµ½Ã·Î À̵¿Çß½À´Ï´Ù. °Å±â¼ ¸¹Àº Å»ºÏÀÚµéÀÌ ¶ó¿À½º³ª ¹Ì¾á¸¶, ű¹ÀÇ ±¹°æÀ» ºÒ¹ýÀ¸·Î ³Ñ¾î Çѱ¹ ´ë»ç°üÀ» ã¾Æ°©´Ï´Ù. CNNÀº À̾¾¿Í ±¤¾¾ÀÇ ¾ÈÀüÀ» À§ÇØ Á¤ÂøÁö¸¦ ¹àÈ÷Áö ¾Ê¾Ò½À´Ï´Ù.
Lee and Kwang met with a Chinese man who took them across the
mountains into a neighboring country.
À̾¾¿Í ±¤¾¾´Â Áß±¹ ³²¼ºÀ» ¸¸³ª ±×ºÐÀÇ ¾È³»·Î »êÀ» ³Ñ¾î ±Ùó ³ª¶ó·Î
À̵¿Çß½À´Ï´Ù.
¡°We walked for five hours through the jungle, before reaching
a road where a car was waiting for us,¡± said Kwang. Chun later met them in the middle of the night
on the side of a road. ¡°I burst into tears as soon as I saw him,¡± said Kwang, who is now 24 years old. ¡°For the first time in
a very long time, I felt safe.¡±
¡°¿ì¸®´Â 5½Ã°£ µ¿¾È °É¾î¼ Á¤±ÛÀ» Åë°úÇÏÀÚ ÀÚµ¿Â÷°¡ ±â´Ù¸®°í ÀÖ¾ú½À´Ï´Ù.¡± õ¸ñ»ç´ÔÀº ¹ãÁß¿¡ À̾¾¿Í ±¤¾¾¸¦ »ê¼Ó¿¡¼ ¸¸³µ½À´Ï´Ù. ¡°¸ñ»ç´ÔÀ» º¸ÀÚ¸¶ÀÚ Åë°îÇß½À´Ï´Ù.¡± ±¤¾¾´Â ÇöÀç 24»ìÀÔ´Ï´Ù. ¡°¸¸³ª´Â ¼ø°£ Á¤¸» ¿À·£ ¸¸¿¡ ¾ÈÀüÇÏ´Ù°í ´À²¸Á³½À´Ï´Ù.¡±
After two more days of traveling by car and bus, they reached
the capital city. ¡°We were stopped several times by the police for routine checks,
I was terrified,¡± said Kwang.
Â÷¿Í ¹ö½º·Î ÀÌÆ² µ¿¾ÈÀ» ´õ À̵¿À» ÇÑ µÚ, ±×µéÀº ¼öµµ¿¡ µµÂøÇß½À´Ï´Ù. ¡°°æÂûÀÌ °Ë¹®À» À§ÇØ ¿©·¯ ¹ø ¿ì¸®¸¦ ¸ØÃß¾ú½À´Ï´Ù. Àú´Â Á¤¸» µÎ·Á¿ü½À´Ï´Ù.¡± ¶ó°í ±¤¾¾°¡ ¸»Çß½À´Ï´Ù.
In total, they said their journey from Kunming took 50 hours.
ÀüüÀÇ ¿©Á¤ ½Ã°£Àº ¹«·Á 50¿© ½Ã°£ °É·È½À´Ï´Ù.
As they rode towards the embassy in a tuk tuk, Lee stared giddily
at the urban landscape unfolding before her eyes. ¡°I'm so happy!¡± she said, as the embassy approached. Kwang was more nervous. ¡°I know I should feel joy, but I just feel empty,¡± she said. ¡°I don't know what to expect, and I am afraid of the interrogations
at the embassy.¡±
¡®ÅåÅ塯À̶ó´Â ±øÅë °°Àº Â÷¸¦ Ÿ°í ´ë»ç°üÀ» ÇâÇØ ´Þ·ÈÀ» ¶§, ±×³à´Â ´«¾Õ¿¡ ÆîÃÄÁö´Â µµ½Ã dz°æÀ» ¹Ù¶óº¸¸ç ¡°Àú ³Ê¹« Çàº¹ÇØ¿ä!¡±¶ó°í ÇßÁö¸¸ ¡°Á¦°¡ ´õ ±â»ÝÀ» ´À²¸¾ß ÇÑ´Ù´Â °ÍÀº ¾ËÁö¸¸, ¸¶À½Àº ´õ ÇãÀüÇØ¿ä.¡±¶ó¸ç ±äÀåÇß½À´Ï´Ù. ¡°¹«¾ùÀ» ±â´ëÇØ¾ß ÇÒÁö ¸ð¸£°Ú½À´Ï´Ù. ±×¸®°í ´ë»ç°ü¿¡¼ ¹Þ¾Æ¾ß ÇÏ´Â ½É¹®ÀÌ µÎ·Á¿ö¿ä.¡±

¡ã õ¸ñ»ç´ÔÀº ¹ãÁß¿¡ ¿©¼ºµéÀ» ¸¸³ª Áß°£¿¡ ¿©Á¤À» Á¶Á¤Çß½À´Ï´Ù.
At 5.30 p.m., the two defectors and Chun walked up to the black
and golden gate of Seoul's diplomatic representation. Before they had a chance
to ring the bell, they said a man in a black shirt opened the door and ushered
them inside with a smile.
¿ÀÈÄ 5½Ã 30ºÐ¿¡ µÎ Å»ºÏ ¿©¼ºµé°ú õ¸ñ»ç´ÔÀº °ËÁ¤»ö°ú ±Ý»öÀ¸·Î µÈ ´ë»ç°ü Á¤¹®
¾ÕÀ¸·Î °É¾î°¬½À´Ï´Ù. ÃÊÀÎÁ¾À» ´©¸£±âµµ Àü¿¡ °ËÀº ¿ÊÀ» ÀÔÀº ³²¼ºÀÌ ¹®À» ¿°í ¹Ì¼Ò·Î
±×µéÀº ¾ÈÀ¸·Î ¾È³»Çß½À´Ï´Ù.
A few minutes later, Chun walked out ? alone.
±×¸®°í ¸î ºÐ ÈÄ¿¡ õ¸ñ»ç´ÔÀº Ȧ·Î ´ë»ç°ü¿¡¼ ³ª¿Ô½À´Ï´Ù.
The embassy, which receives about 10 defectors a month, according
to officials, kept the women for about 10 days for questioning. Those who satisfy
the questioning process will fly to freedom in South Korea.
Çѱ¹ ´ë»ç°üÀº ¸Å´Þ ¼ö½Ê¿©¸íÀÇ Å»ºÏÀÚµéÀ» ¹Þ°í ÀÖ½À´Ï´Ù. ±×¸®°í Á÷¿øµéÀÇ ¸»¿¡ ÀÇÇϸé À̾¾¿Í ±¤¾¾¸¦ 10ÀÏ µ¿¾È Á¶»çÇϸç Áú¹®Çß½À´Ï´Ù. Á¶»ç¸¦ Åë°úÇÏ´Â »ç¶÷µéÀº Çѱ¹À¸·Î °¡°Ô µË´Ï´Ù.
Upon arrival in South Korea, defectors spend three months at
Hanawon, a processing center where they learn how to navigate staples of modern
life such as taking the subway, getting cash from an ATM or buying groceries
in a supermarket. They are then provided with a South Korean passport, a subsidized
apartment and the right to enroll at a university for free.
Çѱ¹¿¡ µµÂøÇÑ Å»ºÏÀÚµéÀº 3°³¿ù µ¿¾È Çϳª¿ø¿¡¼ ÀüöÀ» Ÿ°Å³ª, ATM¿¡¼ Çö±ÝÀ» ã°Å³ª ¸¶Æ®¿¡¼ À庸´Â ¹æ¹ý µî, Çѱ¹Á¤Âø¿¡ ÇÊ¿äÇÑ ¿©·¯ °¡Áö ±³À°À» ¹Þ½À´Ï´Ù. ±³À°À» ¸¶Ä¡¸é À̵éÀº Çѱ¹ ½ÅºÐÁõÀ» ¹Þ°í ¾ÆÆÄÆ® º¸Á¶±Ý°ú ´ëÇÐÀ»
¹«·á·Î ´Ù´Ò ¼ö ÀÖ´Â Àڰݵµ ¹Þ½À´Ï´Ù.
Before entering the South Korean Embassy, Lee had given her
new life a lot of thought.
Çѱ¹ ´ë»ç°ü¿¡ µé¾î°¡±â Àü¿¡ À̾¾´Â ÀÌÁ¦ ¸¸³ª°Ô µÉ »õ·Î¿î »îÀ»
»ý°¢Çß½À´Ï´Ù.
¡°I want to study English and Chinese and maybe become a teacher,¡± she said.
¡°Àú´Â ¿µ¾î¿Í Áß±¹¾î¸¦ °øºÎÇØ¼ ¼±»ý´ÔÀÌ µÇ°í ½Í½À´Ï´Ù.¡±
Kwang, who had left school at 12, hoped to graduate.
12»ì¿¡ Çб³¸¦ ÁßÅðÇÑ ±¤¾¾´Â Á¹¾÷ÇÏ´Â °ÍÀ» ±â´ëÇÕ´Ï´Ù.
¡°I never really had the luxury of wondering what to do with
my life,¡± she said.
¡°Àú´Â ÇÑ ¹øµµ Á¦ ¹Ì·¡¿¡ ´ëÇØ ÁøÁöÇÏ°Ô »ý°¢Çغ¼ ¼ö ÀÖ´Â ±âȸÁ¶Â÷
¾ø¾ú½À´Ï´Ù.¡±
Escape from North Korea There
ºÏÇÑ¿¡¼ÀÇ Å»Ãâ
are no official statistics showing exactly how many North Koreans
have fled their country, which is home to about 25 million people. South Korea
says it has welcomed more than 32,000 defectors since 1998. Last year alone,
the country received 1,137 defectors -- and 85% of them were women.
Áö±Ý±îÁö ¸î ¸íÀÇ Å»ºÏÀÚµéÀÌ ºÏÇÑ¿¡¼ ³ª¿Ô´ÂÁö¿¡ ´ëÇØ¼´Â °ø½Ä
Åë°è°¡ ¾ø½À´Ï´Ù. ºÏÇÑÀº 2õ 5¹é¸¸ ¸íÀÇ »ç¶÷µéÀÌ »ì°í ÀÖ°í Çѱ¹Á¤ºÎÀÇ Åë°è·Î´Â 1998³âºÎÅÍ ÇöÀç±îÁö 32,000¸íÀÇ Å»ºÏÀÚµéÀ» ¹Þ¾ÆÁØ °ÍÀ¸·Î ¹ßÇ¥µÇ¾ú½À´Ï´Ù. À۳⿡ Çѱ¹¿¡ ÀÔ±¹ÇÑ Å»ºÏÀÚµéÀº 1,137¸íÀÌ°í ±×Áß 85%´Â ¿©¼ºÀÔ´Ï´Ù.
¡°It is much easier for them to flee, because they are not usually
enrolled in formal employment at a factory or a state firm where any absence
would be immediately reported,¡± said Yeo Sang Yoon, from the Database Center for North Korean
Human Rights, an NGO in Seoul. ¡°They are in charge of the household and can thus slip away
unnoticed.¡±
¼¿ï NGO ´ÜüÀÎ ºÏÇÑÀαÇÁ¤º¸¼¾ÅÍ À±¿©»ó(Yeo Sang Yoon)¾¾´Â ¡°¿©¼ºµéÀº °øÀåÀ̳ª ȸ»ç¿¡ °ø½ÄÀûÀ¸·Î Á÷Àå »ýȰÀ» ÇÏÁö ¾Ê±â ¶§¹®¿¡
´«¿¡ ¶çÁö ¾Ê°Ô ºüÁ® ³ª°¥ ¼ö ÀÖ½À´Ï´Ù.¡±¶ó°í ¸»Çß½À´Ï´Ù.

One day, after getting into a fight with them, she decided to
cross the border into China. Lee said she found a broker to facilitate the dangerous
move who promised her a job in a restaurant.
À̾¾´Â ¾î´À ³¯, ¾Æºü¿Í ´ÙÅù ³¡¿¡ ½Ä´ç¿¡¼ ÀÏÇÏ°Ô ÇØÁÖ°Ú´Â ¾È³»ÀÚÀÇ ¸»À» µè°í ±¹°æÀ»
³Ñ¾î Áß±¹À¸·Î °Ç³Ê°¡±â·Î °á½ÉÇß´Ù.
That promise turned out to be a lie.
ÇÏÁö¸¸ ±× ¾à¼ÓÀº °ÅÁþ¸»À̾ú½À´Ï´Ù.
Usually, women like Lee pay brokers $500 to $1,000 to organize
their safe passage to China, according to NGOs and defector accounts.
NGO¿Í Å»ºÏÀÚµéÀÇ ¸»¿¡ ÀÇÇϸé À̾¾¿Í °°Àº Å»ºÏ¿©¼ºµéÀº º¸Åë $500¿¡¼ $1.000À» ÁÖ±â·Î ÇÏ°í ºê·¯Ä¿¸¦ ÅëÇØ Áß±¹À¸·Î ³Ñ¾î¿À°Ô µË´Ï´Ù.
To reach China, many defectors cross the Tumen River that separates
North Korea from China on foot at night, sometimes in freezing weather with
the water coming up to their shoulders.
Å»ºÏÀÚµéÀÌ Áß±¹¿¡ °¡·Á¸é ¹ãÁß¿¡ °É¾î¼ µÎ¸¸°À» °Ç³Ê°Ô µË´Ï´Ù. µÎ¸¸°Àº ºÏÇѰú Áß±¹ »çÀÌ¿¡ È帣´Â ±¹°æ¼±À¸·Î ¸Å¿î Ãß¿î ³¯¾¾¿¡
¾î±ú±îÁö ¹°ÀÌ Â÷¿À¸£±âµµ ÇÕ´Ï´Ù.
After Kim Jong Un came to power in 2011, border security was
tightened to avoid the bad publicity associated with defections and prevent
information about North Korea trickling into the country, according to Tim Peters,
an American pastor who co-founded an NGO called Helping Hands that helps defectors
flee. An electric fence was added, as well as cameras at the border.
ºÏÇÑ Å»ÃâÀ» µ½´Â ºñ¿µ¸®±â°ü(Helping Hands)À» °øµ¿ ¼³¸³ÇÑ ¹Ì±¹ÀÇ ¸ñ»çÀÎ ÆÀ ÇÇÅͽº(Tim Peters)¿¡ µû¸£¸é 2011³â ±èÁ¤ÀºÀÌ ±Ç·ÂÀ» Àå¾ÇÇßÀ» ¶§ºÎÅÍ Àü±âöÁ¶¸Á°ú °¨½ÃÄ«¸Þ¶óµµ ¼³Ä¡ÇÏ¿©
±¹°æÀÇ ´Ü¼ÓÀÌ °¥¼ö·Ï °ÈµÇ¾ú½À´Ï´Ù.
¡°On the Chinese side, patrols were also increased because Beijing
is afraid an influx of refugees could destabilize its own regime,¡± he added.
¡°Å»ºÏÀÚµéÀÇ ´ë·® À¯ÀÔÀ¸·Î Áß±¹ Á¤±ÇÀÌ ºÒ¾ÈÁ¤ÇØÁú ¼ö Àֱ⠶§¹®¿¡
Áß±¹ Ãø¿¡¼µµ ´Ü¼ÓÀ» °ÈÇÕ´Ï´Ù.¡±

¡ã Áß±¹ ¿ºÁö¿¡¼ ºÏÇÑÀÌ º¸ÀÔ´Ï´Ù.
Two huge portraits of Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il hang at the
entrance of a bridge linking the two countries.
Áß±¹°ú ºÏÇÑÀ» ¿¬°áÇÏ´Â ±¹°æ´Ù¸® ÀÔ±¸¿¡´Â ±èÀϼº°ú ±èÁ¤ÀÏÀÇ °Å´ëÇÑ
ÃÊ»óȰ¡ °É·ÁÀÖ½À´Ï´Ù.
Once on Chinese soil, defectors must reach the city of Tumen
that sits right up against the icy river, in a lunar landscape of barren hills.
North Korea is visible from the town -- farmers in a village there can be seen
plowing their fields with antique machinery.
Å»ºÏÀÚµéÀº ¾óÀ½ °À» °Ç³Ê¼ Áß±¹ µµ¹®(Tumen)¿¡ µµÂøÇÕ´Ï´Ù. ±×°÷¿¡¼ ºÏÇÑÀ» ¹Ù¶óº¸¸é ³°Àº ³ó±â°è¸¦ »ç¿ëÇÏ¿© ¹çÀ» °¡´Â ºÏÇÑ
³óºÎµéÀÇ ¸ð½ÀÀÌ º¸ÀÔ´Ï´Ù.
Lee crossed the Tumen River in a group of eight girls.
À̾¾´Â º»ÀαîÁö Æ÷ÇÔÇØ¼ ÃÑ 8¸íÀÇ ¿©¼ºµé°ú ÇÔ²² µÎ¸¸°À» °Ç³Ô½À´Ï´Ù.
When she arrived in China, Lee said she was taken to a apartment
on the fourth floor of a pale yellow building in Yanji, a city in Jilin province
about 50 kilometers from Tumen, where most signs are written in Korean and Chinese
and scores of restaurants sell bibimbap and kimchi, due to the large population
of ethnic Koreans.
À̾¾°¡ µµÂøÇÑ °÷Àº ¿¬±æ¿¡ ÀÖ´Â ³ë¶õ»ö °Ç¹°ÀÇ 4Ãþ ¾ÆÆÄÆ®·Î µ¥·Á°¬´Ù°í Çß½À´Ï´Ù. ¿¬±æÀº ±æ¸²¼º¿¡ ÀÖ´Â µµ½ÃÀÌ¸ç µÎ¸¸°¿¡¼ ¾à50km ¶³¾îÁ® ÀÖ½À´Ï´Ù. ¿¬±æ¿¡´Â Á¶¼±Á·µéÀÌ ¸¹ÀÌ »ì±â¿¡ Çѱ¹À½½ÄÀÎ ºñºö¹ä°ú ±èÄ¡¸¦ ÆÈ°í
°£ÆÇµéµµ Çѱ۰ú Áß±¹¾î¸¦ ½áÁ® ÀÖ½À´Ï´Ù.

¡ã ¿¬±æ¿¡´Â Á¶¼±Á·ÀÌ ¸¹ÀÌ »ì°í ÀÖ½À´Ï´Ù. °£ÆÇµéµµ Çѱ۷Π½áÁ® ÀÖ½À´Ï´Ù.
At the apartment, she realized there was no restaurant job.
¾ÆÆÄÆ®¿¡ µµÂøÇßÀ» ¶§ À̾¾ÀÇ ÀÏÀÚ¸®´Â ½Ä´çÀÌ ¾Æ´Ï¶ó´Â °É ¾Ë°Ô µÇ¾ú½À´Ï´Ù.
Instead, Lee said her broker had sold her for 30,000 yuan (about
$4,500) to the operator of a cybersex chatroom.
±×¸®°í À̾¾´Â ºê·¯Ä¿°¡ 30,000À§¾È(¾à $4,500)ÀÇ °¡°ÝÀ¸·Î ÀÎÅÍ³Ý ¼ºÀΠäÆÃ·ëÀ» ¿î¿µÇÏ´Â »ç¶÷¿¡°Ô ÆÈ¾Ò´Ù´Â »ç½ÇÀ»
¾Ë°Ô µÇ¾ú½À´Ï´Ù.
¡°When I found out, I felt so humiliated,¡± she whispered. ¡°I started crying and asked to leave, but the boss said he
had paid a lot of money for me and I now had a debt towards him.¡±
¡°±× »ç½ÇÀ» ¾Ë°Ô µÇ¾úÀ» ¶§ Àú´Â Á¤¸» Ä¡¿å½º·¯¿ü½À´Ï´Ù.¡±¶ó°í ³·Àº ¸ñ¼Ò¸®·Î ¸»Çß½À´Ï´Ù. ¡°³ª´Â ¿ï±â ½ÃÀÛÇß°í ³ª°¡°Ô ÇØ ´Þ¶ó°í ¸»ÇßÁö¸¸ ÁÖÀÎÀº Àú¸¦ »ç±â
À§ÇØ ¸¹Àº µ·À» ÁöºÒÇ߱⠶§¹®¿¡ ÀÌÁ¦ ±× µ·À» ´Ù °±¾Æ¾ß ÇÑ´Ù°í ¸»Çß½À´Ï´Ù.¡±
Korean NGOs estimate that 70% to 80% of North Korean women who
make it to China are trafficked, for between 6,000 and 30,000 yuan ($890 to
$4,500), depending on their age and beauty.
Çѱ¹ÀÇ NGOµéÀº Áß±¹¿¡ ÀÔ±¹ÇÏ´Â ºÏÇÑ¿©¼ºÀÇ 70~80%°¡ ¿Ü¸ð¿Í ³ªÀÌ¿¡ µû¶ó 6,000~3¸¸ À§¾È(890~4,500´Þ·¯)À¸·Î ÀνŸŸŵǴ °ÍÀ¸·Î ÃßÁ¤Çϰí ÀÖ½À´Ï´Ù.
Some are sold as brides to Chinese farmers; more recently, girls
have increasingly been trafficked into the cybersex industry, according to the
KFI.
KFI¿¡ µû¸£¸é ÀϺδ Áß±¹ ³ó¹Îµé¿¡°Ô ½ÅºÎ·Î ÆÈ·Á°¡±âµµ ÇÏÁö¸¸ ¾ó¸¶
ÀüºÎÅÍ´Â ´ëºÎºÐÀÇ Å»ºÏ¿©¼ºµéÀÌ ÀÎÅÍ³Ý ¼ºÀÎäÆÃ»çÀÌÆ®·Î ÆÈ·Á°¡°í ÀÖ½À´Ï´Ù.
Rising wages in northern China cities have led to a greater
demand for prostitutes among the male population, according to the KFI report.
In southern China, trafficked women from Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia has typically
met that demand. But in northeastern provinces, men have turned to North Korean
refugees.
Áß±¹ ºÏºÎ µµ½ÃÀÇ ±Þ¿©°¡ ¿À¸£¸é¼ ¸¹Àº ³²¼ºµéÀÌ ¸ÅÃá ¿©¼º¿¡ ´ëÇÑ
¼ö¿ä°¡ Áõ°¡Çß´Ù°í ÇÕ´Ï´Ù. Áß±¹ ³²ºÎ¿¡¼ º£Æ®³², ¶ó¿À½º, įº¸µð¾ÆÀÇ ÀνŸŸŠ¿©¼ºµéÀÌ ÀϹÝÀûÀ¸·Î ±× ¿å±¸¸¦ ÃæÁ· ½ÃÄ×Áö¸¸
ºÏµ¿ºÎ Áö¿ª¿¡¼´Â Å»ºÏÀڵ鿡°Ô ´«À» µ¹·È½À´Ï´Ù.
A spokesperson for the Chinese government said in a statement
to CNN: ¡°I want to stress that the Chinese government pays high attention
to foreign citizens' legitimate rights according to law, also combat activities
of human trafficking women and child.¡±
Áß±¹ Á¤ºÎ ´ëº¯ÀÎÀº CNN¿¡ ¼º¸í¼¸¦ ÅëÇØ ¡°Áß±¹ Á¤ºÎ´Â ¹ý¿¡ µû¶ó ¿Ü±¹ ½Ã¹ÎµéÀÇ ÇÕ¹ýÀû ÀÎ ±Ç¿¡ °ü½ÉÀ» ±â¿ïÀ̰í
ÀνŠ¸Å¸Å ¿©¼º°ú ¾î¸°ÀÌÀÇ È°µ¿¿¡µµ Àû±ØÀûÀ¸·Î °ü½ÉÀ» ±â¿ïÀ̰í ÀÖ´Ù¡±°í °Á¶Çß½À´Ï´Ù.
Michael Glendinning, director of the KFI, said the Chinese government
was ¡°not doing enough to protect North Korean women and girls in
its territory at all.¡±
KFIÀÇ ¸¶ÀÌŬ ±Û·» ´ÙÀÌ´×(Michael Glendinning) ¼ÒÀåÀº ¡°Áß±¹ Á¤ºÎ´Â ºÏÇÑ ¿©¼º°ú ¼Ò³àµéÀ» ÀüÇô º¸È£ÇÏÁö ¾ÊÀ» °Í¡±À̶ó°í ¸»Çß½À´Ï´Ù.
¡°China must work to crack down on the networks and individuals
-- including Chinese public officials -- responsible for the trafficking of
North Korean women and girls,¡± he said. ¡°But it must do so in a way that ensures that these women and
girls are not repatriated to North Korea where they would face torture, imprisonment,
and possibly extrajudicial killing.¡±
¡°Áß±¹Àº ÀνŸŸÅÀÇ ¸ðµç ³×Æ®¿öÅ©¿Í ¿¬°üµÇ¾î ÀÖ´Â °³Àεé°ú °ø¹«¿øµéÀ»
¾öÁßÈ÷ ´Ü¼ÓÇØ¾ß ÇÕ´Ï´Ù. ±×·¯³ª À̸ðµç 󸮴 ŻºÏ ¿©¼ºµéÀÌ ºÏÇÑÀ¸·Î Ãß¹æ µÇÁö ¾Êµµ·Ï º¸È£Çؾß
ÇÕ´Ï´Ù. ºÏÇÑ¿¡¼´Â °í¹®, °¨±Ý°ú ÀçÆÇ¿ÜÀÇ Ã³ÇüÀ» ´çÇÒ °¡´É¼ºÀÌ ¸Å¿ì ³ô±â ¶§¹®ÀÔ´Ï´Ù.¡±¶ó°í ÇÇÅͽº´Â ¸»Çß½À´Ï´Ù.
Two other North Korean women already lived in the two-bedroom
apartment Lee was delivered to. One was 27 years old, had her own bedroom and
seemed close to the chatroom boss. ¡°I think she was supposed to spy on us,¡±
said Lee.
À̾¾°¡ µµÂøÇÑ ¾ÆÆÄÆ®´Â ¹æÀÌ µÎ°³¿´´Âµ¥ ÀÌ¹Ì 2¸íÀÇ ºÏÇÑ ¿©¼ºµéÀÌ »ì°í ÀÖ¾ú°í ÇÑ ¸íÀº 27¼¼·Î ÀÚ±â ħ½ÇÀÌ ÀÖ¾ú°í ÁÖÀΰú Ä£ÇÏ°Ô º¸¿© ¡°³ª´Â ±×³à°¡ ÁÖÀÎÀÇ ½Éº¹ÀÌ¸ç °¨½ÃÀÚ·Î »ý°¢Çß´Ù.¡±°í ¸»Çß½À´Ï´Ù.
The other girl was Kwang Ha-Yoon, whose name has been changed
to protect her identity for her safety. Kwang was 19 years old and had been
locked up for two years when Lee arrived.
´Ù¸¥ ¿©¼º(±¤ÇÏÀ±)Àº ±×³àÀÇ ¾ÈÀüÀ» À§ÇÏ¿© °¡¸íÀ» »ç¿ëÇϱâ·Î Çߴµ¥ ±¤¾¾´Â 19»ìÀ̾ú°í ¹ú½á 2³â µ¿¾È °¤ÇôÀÖ¾ú½À´Ï´Ù.
¡°My parents split up when I was very young and I grew up with
my mother and grandparents,¡± she said. ¡°We never had enough to eat.¡± Kwang left North Korea to earn money to send to her family.
¡°Both my mother and my grandmother had cancer and needed treatment,¡± she said.
¡°ÀúÈñ ºÎ¸ð´ÔÀº Á¦°¡ ¾î¸± ¶§ ÀÌÈ¥Çϼ̰í Àú´Â ¾ö¸¶¿Í ÇҸӴ϶û »ì¾ÒÁö¸¸
¸ÔÀ» °ÍÀÌ Ç×»ó ºÎÁ·Çß½À´Ï´Ù.¡± ±¤¾¾´Â µ·À» ¹ú¾î¼ °¡Á·¿¡°Ô º¸³»±â À§ÇØ ºÏÇÑ¿¡¼ µµ¸Á ³ª¿Ô½À´Ï´Ù. ¡°¿ì¸® ¾ö¸¶¿Í ÇÒ¸Ó´Ï µÎ ºÐ ´Ù ¾ÏÀ¸·Î Ä¡·á¸¦ ¹Þ¾Æ¾ß Çß½À´Ï´Ù.¡±
But all the money Kwang earned in China went to her captor.
±×·¯³ª Áß±¹¿¡¼ ¹ú¾îµéÀÎ µ·Àº ¸ðµÎ ÁÖÀο¡°Ô µ¹¾Æ°¬°í,
Lee and Kwang had to share a room.
À̾¾¿Í ±¤¾¾´Â °°Àº ¹æÀ» »ç¿ëÇß½À´Ï´Ù.
¡°The only furniture was two beds, two tables and two computers,¡± recalled Kwang. ¡°Every morning, I would get up around 11 a.m., have breakfast
and then start working until dawn the next day.¡± Sometimes, she would only get four hours of sleep. If they
complained, they would get beaten, although both women said they did not suffer
sexual abuse by their captor.
¡°À¯ÀÏÇÑ °¡±¸´Â ħ´ë 2°³, Å×À̺í 2°³, ÄÄÇ»ÅÍ 2´ë¡±¶ó°í ±¤¾¾´Â »ó±âÇß½À´Ï´Ù. ¡°¸ÅÀÏ ¾ÆÄ§ 11½Ã°æ¿¡ ÀϾ¼ ¾ÆÄ§À» ¸Ô°í ´ÙÀ½ ³¯ »õº®±îÁö ÀÏÇØ¾ß ÇÕ´Ï´Ù. ¶§·Î´Â 4½Ã°£ ¹Û¿¡ ÀáÀ» ÀÚÁö ¸øÇÒ ¶§µµ ÀÖ¾ú½À´Ï´Ù.¡± ÁÖÀο¡°Ô ¼ºÀû Çдë´Â ¾È ¹Þ¾ÒÁö¸¸ ºÒÆòÇÏ¸é ¸Â¾Ò´Ù°í ÇÕ´Ï´Ù.
Work involved logging onto an online chat platform on which
South Korean men can pay to watch girls perform sexual acts.
È»óäÆÃÀº ¿Â¶óÀÎÀ¸·Î ·Î±×ÀÎÇÏ¿© µ·À» ÁöºÒÇÏ°í ºÏÇÑ ¿©¼ºµéÀÇ ¸öÀ»
º¼ ¼ö ÀÖ°Ô ¸¸µé¾îÁ® ÀÖ½À´Ï´Ù.
Within minutes of logging on to the site, users are barraged
by women on the platform sending text messages asking for a video chat in a
private room.
»ç¿ëÀÚ°¡ »çÀÌÆ®¿¡ ·Î±×¿Â ÇÑ Áö ¸î ºÐ ¸¸¿¡ ¿©·¯ ¸íÀÇ ¿©¼ºµéÀÌ °³ÀÎÀûÀ¸·Î
È»ó äÆÃÀ» ¿ä±¸ÇÏ´Â ¹®ÀÚ ¸Þ½ÃÁö¸¦ º¸³»°í ÀÖ½À´Ï´Ù.
They all claim to be from a major city in South Korea. The minimum
price to chat on the site is 150 won (13 cents), but girls can set the entry
price for a room, with popular accounts tending to have a more expensive entry
fee. Tips start at a minimum of 300 won (25 cents), but can go far higher as
customers try to persuade the girls to fulfill their requests. Lee and Kwang
were tasked by their captors with keeping the men online for as long as possible.
In South Korea, where prostitution is illegal, these services have become increasingly
popular in recent years.
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CNN reached out to the platform to ask what steps it takes to
protect women like Lee and Kwang on its site, but the company did not respond.
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¡°Some of the men just wanted to talk, but most wanted more,¡±
said Lee, with a shudder of disgust. ¡°They would ask me to take suggestive poses or to undress and
touch myself. I had to do everything they asked.¡±
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¡°I felt like dying 1,000 times, but I couldn't even kill myself
as the boss was always watching us,¡± she said.
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Her captor was a man of South Korean descent who slept in the
living room to keep a close eye on the women.
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¡°The front door was always locked from the outside and there
was no handle on the inside,¡± said Kwang. ¡°Every six months, he would take us out to the park.¡±
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On this small patch of green next to their apartment, retirees
would meet to dance to music each afternoon.
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¡°During those outings, he would always stay right next to us,
so we never got to talk to anyone,¡± said Lee. In 2015, Lee tried to escape by climbing out of a
window and down a metal drain, but she fell and hurt her back and leg. She still
limps slightly.
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When their captor wanted something from the girls, he would
try to sweet talk them, promising a cut of their earnings or to let them go
free to work in South Korea one day.
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But when Kwang asked for a piece of the 60 million won (around
$51,000) she estimated she had made for him, he got angry.
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¡°He started kicking, slapping and cursing me,¡± she said.
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During the seven years Kwang spent locked up in his apartment,
she said he never gave her a cent.
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CNN's Jake Kwon also contributed to this report.