Unreported World S10E06 · China and North Korea: The Great Escape

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Oliver Steeds witnesses North Koreans who flee to China, forced to live in miserable conditions and vulnerable to being sent back to hard labour camps, some commit suicide, others are easy targets for sex traffickers and some are even sold into marriage to Chinese husbands

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3. 3 3. Turkey: Killing for Honour2009-03-27Ramita Navai reports that 200 girls and women have been victims of honour killings in the past year alone and that a new law outlawing honour killings may have led to a huge increa
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