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The North Korean Diver and the Octopus

Park Myongho is a North Korean man who defected to the South with his family. He now works as a diver making a dangerous living by catching octopuses where North meets South.

Park Myongho is North Korean ex-military man who defected to the South, at huge risk with his family. He now works as a compressor diver making a dangerous living by catching octopuses under the sea where North meets South.

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(Image: Park Myongho with an octopus. Photo credit: Moyoung Jin.)

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Tue 29 Jan 2019 04:06GMT

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