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1 online resource (streaming video file) (51 min. 51 sec.) ; 313209403 bytes |
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CELEBRITY DEFECTORYeon-mi Park has been described as the new face of defectors from North Korea... a 20-year-old rising star in Seoul, who's not afraid to speak out against the Kim dynasty's regime. But her smiling appearances on a TV music and chat show give away little of her family's heartbreaking journey from oppression in the North to freedom in the South. On Tuesday's Dateline, Mary Ann Jolley hears Yeon-mi's emotional story of escaping hunger and poverty in North Korea, where her father suffered at the hands of labour camp guards. And the family's desperate two year journey to ultimately reach the South. They ended up walking through the Gobi desert for 24 hours in freezing temperatures to reach freedom. Yeon-mi and her mother were even separated from her sister for seven years with no idea whether she had survived. She's experienced so much in her 20 years, but this inspiring woman is ignoring threats from the regime in the North to open the world's eyes to what she's seen.GIFT OF SIGHTThe Himalayas are renowned for their stunning natural beauty, but many of the poor living in their shadows are blind to their magnificence. An estimated 150,000 Nepalese people struggle to see... most are blind with cataracts... but help is on hand from a doctor determined to change that. On Tuesday's Dateline, Yaara Bou Melhem has the uplifting story of Dr Sanduk Ruit and his mission to give people the gift of sight. He and his team trek for hours to remote villages with their makeshift eye hospital and there's always a long queue for his pioneering surgery. It takes just a few minutes, but when the bandages are removed 24 hours later the joy is plain to see. Dr Ruit learnt many of his skills training in Sydney with the renowned Fred Hollows, and now doctors are coming from across the world to learn from him. Together they're spreading the gift of sight to those who would otherwise spend the rest of their lives in darkness.DALAI LAMA'S DEMOCRACYTuesday September 2nd is Tibetan Democracy Day and marks 54 years since the first elections for Tibetans in exile, but does the Dalai Lama think he will ever see his homeland again? Mark Davis sits down with him to reflect on the changes he's seen in his lifetime and, despite his retirement from politics, to hear of the hopes he still strongly holds for Tibet's future. 79-year-old Tenzin Gyatso is the 14th Dalai Lama and has won the Nobel Peace Prize for the crucial role he's played in reforming Tibetan politics. He expresses hope that China's own democratic transition may not be too far off, but also concern about the wave of self-immolations in response to continued repression in Tibet. So, where next for the Dalai Lama's Democracy? |
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Broadcast 2014-09-02 at 21:30:00 |
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Classification: NC |
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Cataract -- Surgery.
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Defectors.
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Eye -- Movements.
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Koreans -- Politics and government.
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Political refugees -- Social conditions.
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Political violence -- Psychological aspects.
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Nepal.
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Korea (North)
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Korea (South) -- Seoul.
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Streaming video
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Rao, Anjali, host
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Ann Jolley, Mary, reporter
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Davis, Mark, reporter
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Melhem, Yaara Bou, reporter
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Park, Yeonmi, contributor
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Ruit, Sanduk, contributor
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