Why it is getting tougher to flee from North Korea

Every yr, a whole lot of individuals make the perilous journey out of North Korea as they escape from the “hermit kingdom”.

But the variety of defectors has been steadily dropping lately, as North Korean authorities have clamped down.

Ha Jin-woo, a defector who left in 2014, used to assist different North Koreans escape. He explains how the path to freedom has develop into much more arduous.

Video by Hosu Lee. Voiceover by Laura Bicker.