1Verse: How a North Korean went from begging to K-pop
Source: BBC
Jungmin Choi / BBC KoreanHyuk is set to debut as a K-pop boyband member this yearYu Hyuk was just nine years old when he started begging on the streets of North Hamgyong, one of the poorest provinces in North Korea, nestled along the northern border with China and Russia.Besides begging, he ran errands for soldiers and sold foraged mushrooms. Sometimes he stole food out of sheer hunger: once he snatched a…
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