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Chosun] color="navy">Mother’s Spring Day, color="green">“The Defector Mother and Chun-Mi’s Miracle”

lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-font-family:함초롬바탕;mso-font-width:100%;letter-spacing:0pt;mso-text-raise:0pt;"> color="navy">At a time of 30,000 North Korean defectors, North Korean women
are being trafficked.

The 94th protagonist of Mother’s Spring Days, Soo-Jin Joo (43), is also a female
North Korean defector and victim of human trafficking.

color="navy">In an era of 30,000 North Korean defectors, the number of defectors
is rapidly increasing despite tight North Korean surveillance and threats. About
80 percent of those who cross the border to freedom are women-from 2002, we
have gotten to a point in which female defectors outnumber male ones!

lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-font-family:함초롬바탕;mso-font-width:100%;letter-spacing:0pt;mso-text-raise:0pt;"> color="navy">According to testimony by female defectors, Chinese brokers sell
women for anywhere between $1900 and $3500 to red light districts or the countryside.
They are unable to escape, as they are either re-captured by traffickers, or
paralyzed by fear of Chinese security officers who could send them back to North
Korea.

lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-font-family:함초롬바탕;mso-font-width:100%;letter-spacing:0pt;mso-text-raise:0pt;"> color="navy">The 94th protagonist of Mother’s Spring Days, Soo-Jin Joo (43),
is also a female North Korean defector and victim of human trafficking. Weary
of constant hunger and oppression, she attempted to defect, only to be forcefully
brought to Henan Province and coerced into marriage with a Chinese man. Her
unwanted marriage was more akin to incarceration-she was watched by day and
locked in by night to prevent her escape. In 2012, she finally decided to escape
to South Korea. After a perilous journey spanning over 6,200 miles (10,000 kilometers)
across Chinese, Laotian, and Thai borders, she finally arrives in South Korea
as a free woman.

color="purple">A daughter who was taken away by the Chinese confronts another
tragedy

color="navy">The tragic circumstances create yet more victims-the children
born between trafficked North Korean mothers and Chinese fathers. Soo-Jin Joo’s
daughter, Chun-Mi(17), was unable to live with her mother from an early age
and was a victim of regular domestic abuse by her father. She escaped to South
Korea alone at a tender age of 15 to reunite with her mother; yet, the joy of
meeting was short-lived, as her mother was too busy making a living to even
afford to sit down and talk with each other.

lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-font-family:함초롬바탕;mso-font-width:100%;letter-spacing:0pt;mso-text-raise:0pt;"> color="navy">With no friends and an unfamiliar language, Chun-Mi found herself
alone. And, after a nine-story fall, the frail, 17-year old girl was diagnosed
with complete lower-body paralysis. Upon the news that her daughter may never
walk again, Soo-Jin was devastated.

lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-font-family:함초롬바탕;mso-font-width:100%;letter-spacing:0pt;mso-text-raise:0pt;"> color="navy">Did Soo-Jin’s prayers to have her daughter well again reach the
heavens? But an extraordinary thing happens: after just two weeks after the
accident, Chun-Mi could miraculously walk on her two feet! The sight of Chun-Mi
walking caused the mother to exclaim “something I only thought was possible
in soap operas actually happened” and tearfully embrace her daughter.

color="purple">A mother who miraculously gained her freedom through defection
and her daughter who miraculously regained her ability to walk What kinds of
tasks await both mother and daughter?

color="navy">Upon her daughter’s recovery from the brink of losing her forever,
the mother attempts to approach Chun-Mi and heal their relationship; however,
she finds that it is more difficult than expected to mend Chun-Mi’s frozen
heart. The mother wants to earn money in order to raise her daughter better
than any average South Korean, and the daughter only wants her mother’s care
and love. A mother and daughter who express their love differently-will they
be able to reach an understanding and share their love?

lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-font-family:함초롬바탕;mso-font-width:100%;letter-spacing:0pt;mso-text-raise:0pt;"> color="navy">Actor Hyeon-Jun Shin and orthopedics practitioner Gyu-Cheol Shin
have heard the miraculous story of Chun-Mi’s fall and survival and are joining
us! Gyu-Cheol, Chun-Mi’s staunch supporter and mentor who decided to stand
by her side and watch her grow, and Hyeon-Jun, who visited Chun-Mi’s school
and gave a special lecture based on his own life experiences, will be our MCs.
The two men have affirmed their commitment to be Chun-Mi’s life mentors.

color="navy">For the 67th anniversary of the Korean War, TV Chosun has decided
to focus on female North Korean defectors-the blind spot of female human rights-with
Mother’s Spring Days-the Defector Mother and Chun-Mi’s Miracle. Experience
it on 10:50AM Sunday June 25th.