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Message in a bottle to North Korea

The incredible story of a North Korean defector who's been trying to reach people back home through an unusual - but effective - method

Park Jung-oh defected to South Korea from the North 26 years ago. Hearing how North Koreans in the Hwanghae Province suffer from food shortage, he started throwing bottles filled with rice and a USB stick into the Yellow Sea, hoping they would land on North Korean shores. Did his messages ever reach anyone? Rachel Lee from 成人快手 Korean brings us this extraordinary story. Plus, Madina Dahiru Maishanu, the youngest presenter at 成人快手 Hausa, shares stories from her award-winning show, Mahangar Zamani, and Thomas Naadi tells us about the love affair between Stevie Wonder and Ghana.

Produced by Alice Gioia and Caroline Ferguson.

(Photo: Faranak Amidi. Credit: Tricia Yourkevich)

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27 minutes

Last on

Mon 20 May 2024 02:32GMT

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