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TIL of South Korean Pastor Chun Ki-won who orchestrated the escape of over 1,200 North Koreans. North Koreans caught in China are immediately deported back to North Korea; so Chun Ki-won smuggled them thousands of miles to Thailand where they can safely claim asylum.

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