Lee Soon-sil said, "My 3-year-old daughter and I'll say goodbye.."Die, I make money because of my daughter." (Dongchimi)

Mar 02, 2025

Lee Soon-sil, a North Korean defector, sobbed while recalling the time of North Korea.

Lee Soon-sil appeared on the MBN entertainment program 'Dongchimi' (hereinafter 'Dongchimi'), which aired on the 1st.

Lee Soon-sil crossed the Yalu River with his 3-year-old daughter in his backpack. It was so cold that my daughter grabbed the backpack strap and trembled in the cold. I managed to cross the Yalu River and was caught by a hidden trafficker. Three men pulled their daughters out of their backpacks. The child held my hand with his small hand and said he wouldn't go, but the trafficking team took his daughter with him, he said, recalling the tense scene at the time of North Korea's defection.

Human traffickers even bargained for their daughter's price in front of Lee Soon-sil. Eventually, her daughter was taken away for 180,000 won, and Lee Soon-sil was sold to Shandong Province. Lee Soon-sil said, `Even now, I hear a child crying and trauma occurs every winter. I don't know if my daughter is alive. I am living a warm life in Korea... There's nothing you can't do if you can find a child. Making money to die is also to find a child. Still, since we broke up in China, I have hope that I can find it. What is alive in my heart is what my 3-year-old daughter looks like."

Lee Soon-sil vowed that `I have yet to find any clues, but I will never give up until I find my daughter.'

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Lee Soon-sil said, "My 3-year-old daughter and I'll say goodbye.."Die, I make money because of my daughter." (Dongchimi)

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