love with the protagonist, a messenger known only as "Poongsan" (played by Yoon Kye-sang). Seoul Train – 2004 documentary film that deals with the dangerous journeys of North Korean refugees fleeing through or to China; – 2019 documentary about Ryun-hee Kim, directed by ; The Defector: Escape from North Korea, a 2013 documentary film; The Journals of Musan – This 2011 film, based on true events, tells the story of Jeon Seung-chul (played by Park Jung-bum), a North Korean defector who struggles to adapt to his new life in South Korea. The Suspect – The protagonist of this 2013 film, Ji Dong-cheol (played by Gong Yoo) is a former North Korean spy who defects to South Korea in search of revenge against a former agency colleague who was responsible for the his family's death. Wild Animals – 1997 film about a North Korean defector and former Korean People's Army soldier, Hong-san (played by Jang Dong-jik), who flees to Paris in search of a better life; TV shows Blow Breeze – a 2016 MBC weekend drama has as protagonist Kim Mi-poong (played by Lim Ji-yeon), a young North Korean woman who defects to Seoul, South Korea in search of her dancing dream. Crash Landing on You – a 2019 South Korean romantic drama about a woman who accidentally lands in North Korea and gets rescued by a Korean People's Army captain who helps her escape the country. Move to Heaven – a 2021 Netflix South Korean drama has, among its recurring characters, a North Korean defector, Park Joo-taek (portrayed by Lee Moon-sik). Squid Game – a 2021 Netflix South Korean drama which has a North Korean defector from North Hamgyong Province, Kang Sae-byeok (portrayed by Jung Ho-yeon) as one of their main characters. See also List of North Korean defectors in South Korea North Korean defectors in Thailand Deportation of North Koreans by the South Korean Government South Korean defectors Unconverted long-term prisoners List of people of Korean descent Free North Korea Radio Liberty in North Korea HanVoice Kim Jong-il Kim Il-sung Americans in North Korea Republikflucht Eastern Bloc emigration and defection Soviet dissidents Vietnamese boat people Central American migrant caravans Cuban exiles Venezuelan refugee crisis Refugees of the Syrian Civil War Refugees on Jeju Island Russian emigration following the 2022 invasion of Ukraine References External links Websites Crossing Heaven's Border PBS documentary follows North Korean defectors on a harrowing journey