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Inspired... with Simon Guillebaud

Escape from North Korea | Timothy Cho

Inspired... with Simon Guillebaud

Great Lakes Outreach

Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture, Christianity

4.9663 Ratings

🗓️ 16 November 2023

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

What an incredible story! A two-time North Korean escapee, Timothy endured unimaginable horrors as a child and in prison. Against all odds, Chinese authorities were pressured into allowing him to fly to freedom as a refugee. Now, as a UK citizen, he's on a mission to speak up for those whose voices can't be heard. Do connect further with Timothy’s story and check out the work of Open Doors at https://www.opendoorsuk.org/ (opendoorsuk.org) --- Get in touch to discuss booking a speaker: https://www.greatlakesoutreach.org/get-in-contact/?utm_source=inspired_description&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=inspired (greatlakesoutreach.org/contact) https://www.greatlakesoutreach.org/people/simon-guillebaud/choose-life-2023/?utm_source=inspired_description&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=inspired&utm_id=inspired (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠)Support us: https://www.greatlakesoutreach.org/get-involved/inspired-give/?utm_source=inspired_description&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=inspired&utm_id=inspired (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠greatlakesoutreach.org/inspired⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠) --- Weekly episode WhatsApp link: https://www.simonguillebaud.com/inspired-podcast/#whatsapp (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠greatlakesoutreach.org/whatsapp⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠) | Weekly email notification: https://www.simonguillebaud.com/inspired-podcast/#email (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠greatlakesoutreach.org/inspiredemail⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠) For more from Simon, visit: https://www.simonguillebaud.com/ (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠simonguillebaud.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠) --- Produced by Great Lakes Outreach - Transforming Burundi and Beyond: https://www.greatlakesoutreach.org/?utm_source=inspired_description&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=inspired&utm_id=inspired (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠greatlakesoutreach.org⁠⁠)

Transcript

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0:00.0

Just that one cell where I was detained and about 50 people we couldn't even not lie down.

0:08.0

We were all sitting in the other's back.

0:11.0

Early in the morning, I was going to tell the guy who was lenin against my back because it was too heavy.

0:18.0

But when I was trying to tell him, his body was falling because he died while he was

0:23.5

linen against my back.

0:28.8

Welcome, everybody.

0:29.9

This is Simon Gilbo with Inspired.

0:31.8

Great to be back with you for another fantastic guest.

0:34.7

My goodness.

0:35.6

Inspired, if you're new to us, it's all about meeting friends and acquaintances of mine from all across the spectrum of life's experiences and hearing how they came to faith, what faith has made an impact in their journey, how they've overcome the sucker punches and challenges that life has thrown at them. And all the more more because we've bombarded relentlessly by so

0:55.0

much cynicism and negativity and bad news in the press that we need to feed our souls and spirits

0:59.9

with good news and I'm so looking forward to this week because we have with us Timothy Cho. Welcome

1:05.2

Timothy. Thank you for having me today. It's great to have you bro. It's been a challenging to

1:09.5

arrange a slot because you're so,

1:10.9

so busy. You're off to America tomorrow. You're in massive demands, speaking at various

1:14.9

conferences, be it before the UN, Human Rights Watch Commission, all sorts of stuff. I've watched

1:20.1

those interviews that you've done with them on big stages. Timothy is co-secretariat of the UK

1:25.3

All-Party Parliamentary Group on North Korea. He's also an

1:29.6

open-doors spokesman. I'm going back years, I did lots of campaigning with Open Doors. We both

1:37.0

can claim Brother Andrew, the founder, as our friend. He endorsed a few of my books. I'm so

1:42.6

grateful for his impact on my life. I know you've

1:45.0

met with him a number of times before he graduated to glory and he was a blessing in your life too.

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