North Korean Defectors - Movie | Crossing 3 of 10

Movie | Crossing 3 of 10

Crossing is a Korean movie which is going to be aired in late June 2008. The movie is based on a real story about the life of a North Korean defector and his family.

Actor Cha In-pyo starred as a North Korean coal miner who crossed illegally into China to get medicine for his wife. His wife passed away soon after he crossed the border, and he was separated from his 11-year-old son (played by Shin Myung-chul) who was trying to trace him from North Korea.

The story shares the hardship of North Korean refugees in the late 1990s, with famine striking the country and killed an estimated 1 million people.

The North Koreans couldnt cross into South Korea directly because of landmines and heavy military presence at the border these defectors had to cross into China and made a de-tour to South Korea instead.

The Chinese government, an ally of the North Korean regime, does not recognize the defectors as refugees and would send them back to North Korea to face stiff action.

Crossing will represent South Korea as a candidate for the foreign film category at the 81st Academy Awards.

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[ManoftheBeret]

@Graham6762 Yeah, go ahead and tell a North Korean refugee whose family has died in camps or starved to death that, sure, maybe you don't have any human rights, or food for that matter, but at least you don't have fractional reserve banking! See how well he reacts to that shit.

[SpudForce]

@Graham6762

Such naivety, it's almost amusing. If you hate it here so much, maybe you should become an NK citizen!

[joebtt]

@bobisnohere1 true.

[TheNemesis274]

@SNESFanboy64 The way the North Korean government does to it's people isn't even communism at all. It's just pure corruption within the party.

[Magicprincess9000]

@MrJonslife We often take things for granted until we see people that are far far worse off than we are

[Jmjager1]

Don't forget, everybody is human. And other animals are just as sacred. You can kill too, and you are responsible.

[sexxyperv]

And now the search is on to find Graham6762's comment. Oi Ve...

[MrJonslife]

I hope the North Koreans watch this show, somehow. Tell them how the world is like outside. I don mind being as poor as them, but at least I have connection with the outside world. At least I will have dreams of my impoverished country becoming rich someday. For the north koreans, i think all they think is how to escape from government officials and live in fear everyday. I tear for them. :(

[SNESFanboy64]

It just makes me so sad that North Koreans have to suffer from malnutrition and torture. Communism is a mistake. I just wish there will be a time in the future where North Koreans can stop suffering and live in freedom and hope. I am Chinese and China had a time where it was even worse than NK but China soon became better and better and now China isn't even that poor anymore. If China can do that, that gives me hope for NK. Kim II sung is dead people, time to move on.

[cbohar84]

@Therojo At least theres plenty of food in South America

[Therojo]

the only difference between this and south america is that here there is no militar dictatorship... but the poverty is the same