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April 6th, 2009

Field Trip to the DMZ
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cordelia -- April 8th, 2009 at 5:40 pm

What an interesting video – hope you’ll keep them coming!

kpmsprtd -- April 9th, 2009 at 3:17 am

What a wonderful young lady. Your dream will come true!

박혜진 -- April 9th, 2009 at 11:54 pm

마음이 뭉클해져 오는 동영상이군요. 서울에 저런 학교가 있다는 것, 저런 학생들이 있다는 것을 처음 알았습니다.

James -- April 10th, 2009 at 9:57 pm

Kim Jong Il is getting old-perhaps his death will bring about real change in North Korea. Best of luck to those kids and their families in the North.

charles -- April 11th, 2009 at 1:10 am

Hang in there. Unification will surely come.

Fabio Lomelino -- April 14th, 2009 at 1:41 pm

Great stuff. very interesting to see one of the more unusual effects of the split in Korea. Would love to see more about their lives in the south and how their fare after graduation, and if there is any tension between them and southerners (discrimination?). Congrats wide angle staff on your web revamp!

Justin -- April 16th, 2009 at 12:56 am

Thank you for this video. Keep these coming!!!

CS -- April 16th, 2009 at 7:17 am

Thank you for this video.

Suzanne Veter -- April 16th, 2009 at 3:12 pm

Great work Micah, such a mix of sadness and hopefulness. I too would like to follow their stories and see how they fare.

karina -- April 17th, 2009 at 5:50 am

Wow, what a courageous girl!
Living in the UK I unfortunately find that programming such as this is not prioritized, so thank you for focusing on it and making it available on the internet.
For those interested there is a film about North Korean dissidents that will be screened at the upcoming Tribeca Film Festival in NY.

Daniel Choi -- April 25th, 2009 at 12:20 am

Your dream will come true after the U.S. occupation ends and Korean is reunified. After the American imperialists leave, the puppet authorities in South Korea will collapse and reunification will come. So until then, hang in there!

chris -- May 10th, 2009 at 7:01 pm

this girl is courageous for what she has done to make a better life for her self its sad her parents can not be with her to experance what she is doing with her life .

Sourav Basu -- June 2nd, 2009 at 10:42 pm

Yeah…hang in there mates. We all pray that you meet your families soon.

So difficult for me to even imagine how these kids are so near and yet so far away from their families. And what went through the patents’ hearts to send their little ones away.

Kate -- June 30th, 2009 at 1:05 am

thank you.

Sunny -- September 12th, 2009 at 3:04 am

I hope Hae-Jungs dreams come true. Currently it seems like a long way from reunification of north and south Korea, but just like Germany did we can to succeed. Hang on Hae-Jung, and best wishes to your parents as well. Stick to your firm attitude about your hope and faith:)

Mimi -- September 14th, 2009 at 5:17 am

I want reunification but I don’t want it that much. But now I knew that there’re many students who really want reunification and when it doesn’t come ture they can’t meet their family forever. Korea is the only country which didn’t reunify. I hope reunification of Korea.

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