Ten years ago Mr. Kim Yong Hwa had a bad day in North Korea that never seems to have ended. As a security officer he supervised the shipment of gold sand to Pyongyang at the behest of Kim Il Sung. The shipment was delayed due to mechanical problems of the locomotive. As a result, he was sentenced to prison camp, escaped to China, then walked to Vietnam, escaped back to China and finally arrived in South Korea.
Due to misunderstandings and irresponsible promises made to him, this spring Kim Yong Hwa found himself having to flee once more. This time he is in custody in Japan - waiting possible deportation to China as a "Chinese national" where he will certainly be handed over to the North Koreans and executed as a "traitor."
Due to a last minute legal appeal on July 9th, he has been given by Japanese authorities until the end of July to prove that he is a North Korean national.
To learn more about this true life saga, please visit the below hot links:
Statement of Faith by Kim Yong Hwa - from his prison cell as potentially his final testimony.
Nixing Political Asylum - July 8th Pacific News Service wire story
Help Save the Life of Kim Yong Hwa - The story of his flight from North Korea.
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