Name: 【TED】Joseph Kim：我在北韓失去的家庭。和我得到的另一個家庭。The family I lost in North Korea. And the family I gained.
Uploaded: 2013-06-21T14:04:52.000Z
Duration: 13 min 52 s

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Although my family constantly struggled against poverty,

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My sister and I would go searching for firewood

I would wander the streets searching for food,

我曾看見一個綁在母親背上的嬰兒

Hunger is humiliation. Hunger is hopelessness.

飢餓讓人感到羞恥、感到絕望，

政治和自由是他想也沒想過的事。

But even as a child, I could feel the heaviness

我也能感受到他們內心的沈重。

Over a million North Koreans died of starvation in that time,

當時北韓有上百萬人死於飢餓，

我親眼見到父親日漸衰弱，步向死亡。

In the same year, my mother disappeared one day,

that she was going to China to earn money,

but that she would return with money and food soon.

and I thought we would be together forever,

我一直以為我們會永遠在一起，

I didn't even give her a hug when she left.

她離開時我甚至沒給她一個擁抱。

It was the biggest mistake I have ever made in my life.

I have not seen my mom or my sister since then.

從此以後我再也沒見過母親和姊姊。

Suddenly, I became an orphan and homeless.

突然間，我成了無家可歸的孤兒。

My goal was to find a dusty piece of bread in the trash.

目標是從垃圾中找出一片佈滿灰塵的麵包。

I started to realize, begging would not be the solution.

我逐漸明白，乞討也不能解決問題。

So I started to steal from food carts in illegal markets.

Once, I even spent two months in the winter

33 meters underground without any protection

毫無遮蓋保護地連續工作十六個小時。

Many other orphans survived this way, or worse.

許多其他孤兒都和我一樣，甚至更差。

When I could not fall asleep from bitter cold

當我在沁骨的寒冷或飢餓的痛楚中

I mean the kind of hope that made me believe

But if I didn't believe it, I wouldn't even try,

但若我不去相信，連嘗試也不嘗試，

After three years of waiting for my sister's return,

我這樣等待姊姊歸來，等了三年，

I decided to go to China to look for her myself.

but I would be risking my life either way.

I could die of starvation like my father in North Korea,

我可以留在北韓像父親一樣死於飢餓，

or at least I could try for a better life

I had learned that many people tried to cross

我聽說有很多人為了避免被發現而選擇在夜晚逃亡到中國。

the border to China in the nighttime to avoid being seen.

North Korean border guards often shoot and kill people

trying to cross the border without permission.

就能隨意射殺那些嘗試跨越國界的逃亡者。

我決定在光天化日下穿越邊境，

first because I was still a kid and scared of the dark,

第一因為我還是個孩子，我怕黑，

second because I knew I was already taking a risk,

第二因為我知道我反正是冒險，

and since not many people tried to cross during the day,

我是在06年的二月十五日抵達中國的。

I thought things in China would be easier,

我以為在中國的生活會輕鬆些，

But it was harder than living in North Korea,

但結果是，我的生活比在北韓時更艱難，

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【TED】Joseph Kim：我在北韓失去的家庭。和我得到的另一個家庭。The family I lost in North Korea. And the family I gained.

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