{"id":14525,"date":"2026-09-16T14:08:48","date_gmt":"2026-09-16T13:08:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/csw-yeo.1wp.site\/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=14525"},"modified":"2026-09-16T14:08:53","modified_gmt":"2026-09-16T13:08:53","slug":"spotlight-north-korea-growing-up-during-north-koreas-arduous-march-timothy-cho-part-1","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/zh\/podcast\/spotlight-north-korea-growing-up-during-north-koreas-arduous-march-timothy-cho-part-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Spotlight North Korea: Growing up during North Korea&#8217;s &#8216;Arduous March&#8217; (Timothy Cho part 1)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">North Korea, or the Democratic People&#8217;s Republic of Korea (DPRK) is a closed, isolated and repressive country. The violations of human rights perpetrated there, including the right to freedom of religion or belief, are among the worst in the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Timothy Cho is a North Korean human rights activist and two-time defector. He has been imprisoned four times in North Korea and China.Cho&#8217;s pa<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">rents fled North Korea during a period of famine known as the &#8220;Arduous March&#8221;, leaving him to become a homeless member of the &#8220;hostile class&#8221;, constituted of families of regime defectors.<br>In this two part episode, join Samuel Jackson-Reed and David Simpson as Timothy details his childhood and his first attempt at escaping from North Korea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SEND US YOUR QUESTIONS<br>Facebook- https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/cswuk Instagram- csw_uk<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">USEFUL LINKS<br>Find out more at csw.org.uk\/NorthKorea<br>Download our prayer diary csw.org.uk\/prayer<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These episodes are made possible by the generous donations made by our supporters. If you&#8217;d like to join our movement and help us keep this podcast going, you can do so by going to:<br>csw.org.uk\/give<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>North Korea, or the Democratic People&#8217;s Republic of Korea (DPRK) is a closed, isolated and repressive country. The violations of human rights perpetrated there, including the right to freedom of religion or belief, are among the worst in the world. Timothy Cho is a North Korean human rights activist and two-time defector. He has been [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":14535,"template":"","class_list":["post-14525","podcast","type-podcast","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/podcast\/14525","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/podcast"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/podcast"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14535"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14525"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}