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As North Korean fighter-pilot No Kum-Sok gazed down at the ruins of Pyongyang at 19,000 feet, he weighed up the pros and cons of defecting for one last time.
A decorated veteran of the Korean War, if he stayed he would live the rest of his life in comfort. If he left and plunged into the unknown, there was high chance he would perish in the process.
Then suddenly, he envisioned a lifetime of mind-numbing ideological meetings, lies, betrayal and denunciation. His mind was made up - he simply had to escape.


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Show Created by Daniel Turner (B.A. (Hons) in History, University College London)
Script: Jake Leigh-Howarth
Narrator: Bryan 'Lazlo' Beauregard