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North Korean defectors hope Trump broaches human rights

North Korean defectors hope Trump broaches human rights

Aired 06/15/2018

PBS News Hour

North Korean defectors hope Trump broaches human rights

Clip: 6/15/2018 | 6m 57sVideo has Closed Captions

North Korean defectors hope Trump broaches human rights

President Trump has repeated that the nuclear weapons issue is now more important than 70 years of human rights atrocities committed by the Kim dynasty in North Korea. Two defectors with harrowing stories of starvation, deprivation, public executions, losing parents, and finally their escapes, speak with Nick Schifrin about what the hope for Trump’s North Korea diplomacy.

Aired 06/15/2018

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