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Kim
Dong-cheol
Kim is in his thirties and lives in the northern region
of North Korea. He started his journalistic activities in
2009 while working as a company driver.
Lee Song-hui
Lee is in her forties and resides in the central part of
the country. She has successfully carried out two video
reports from inside Pyongyang.
Paek Hyang
Paek, a mother of two in her forties, lives in the northern
part of North Korea. She began her work as a journalist
in 2005 after meeting Ishimaru during a brief border crossing
into China. She says she wants to show the outside world
North Korean society from a woman’s perspective.
Shim Ui-chun
Shim is a man in his thirties living in central North Korea.
His 2008 report on the Hwanghae region became a global scoop.
Chang Jeong-gil
Chang, in his forties, lives in the central party of the
country. He works as a laborer at a worksite involved in
machinery. He enjoys photography and hopes to become a photojournalist.
Lee Jun
Lee Jun is in his thirties and resides in central North
Korea. He used to be a laborer at a machine factory. In
1999 during the mass famine of the “March of Tribulation,”
he crossed the border into China with his family. While
living as a vagrant in China, he ran into Ishimaru who was
making a report at the time. It was then that he decided
to return to North Korea as a journalist to show the world
the true situation there. He has been recording video within
the country since 2004.
Kae Myung-bin
Kae is currently an economic official in North Korea in
his forties. He has worked for many years in operations
at a large company and is a Rimjin-gang collaborator.
Ryu Kyung-won
Ryu, in his forties, previously worked at a trading organization
in Pyongan Province. After serving in the military and graduating
from Pyongyang Agricultural University, he worked for a
while as an agricultural science researcher.
He then became a laborer for a foreign currency procurement
company, where he was also a trade supervisor. He often
went to China for this job.
In 2003 Ryu escaped from North Korea and currently resides
in China where he does reporting.
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