If you survive an escape from North Korea you generally don’t look back. There isn’t a warm welcoming party awaiting you in Pyongyang should you return.
During an attempt to defect from his native North Korea, a soldier was wounded and rescued by soldiers from the south. He survived, and the whole ordeal was caught on camera.
In 2005, Kim Joo Il realised that North Korea wasn’t the paradise it’s leaders had led him to believe it was. After serving eight years in the military, Kim Joo Il risked his life, fleeing the country.