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The family I lost in North Korea. And the family I gained.

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Joseph Kim |

TEDGlobal 2013

• June 2013

A refugee now living in the US, Joseph Kim tells the story of his life in North Korea during the famine years. He's begun to create a new life -- but he still searches for the family he lost.

A refugee now living in the US, Joseph Kim tells the story of his life in North Korea during the famine years. He's begun to create a new life -- but he still searches for the family he lost.

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Joseph Kim

North Korean refugee

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Joseph Kim escaped alone from North Korea at the age of 16, first to China and then to the United States.

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