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North Korea Defector: 'People Will Rise Against The Regime One Day'

A rare interview with North Korea's former Deputy Ambassador who defected to South Korea.

A high-profile North Korean defector tells the BBC he believes Kim Jong-Un's regime will be defeated one day by a people's uprising.

Also on the programme: Violent jihadists launch a fatal attack on a hotel in Somalia's capital Mogadishu. And celebrations in Japan as a home-grown Sumo wrestler wins the top prize.

(Photo: North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un during a combat drill of the Korean People's Army. Credit: Getty Images)

23 minutes

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Wed 25 Jan 201714:06GMT

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  • Wed 25 Jan 201714:06GMT

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