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In 2022, a North Korean defector did the one thing no one does: he escaped… then swam back in through the freezing Yalu River. This video breaks down why he returned, how he planned the border breach like an operator (routes, guard rotations, stillness training), what went wrong the moment a guard heard him, and how North Korean state security nearly found him inside his own mother’s home. Then: the brutal tradeoff he makes to keep her alive, the storm-window escape back to China, and the twist, South Korea arrests him for entering the North, before his mission pays off anyway. 
Sources: https://pastebin.com/n1SCGKAR
CHAPTERS
0:00 - Intro
0:59 - The Operator
7:42 - The Breach
11:24 - The Ghost
17:36 - The River of No Return
20:35 - The Paradox
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