North Korea Defectors Find Unlikely Haven in London’s New Malden

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North Korea Defectors Find Unlikely Haven in London’s New Malden
 by Alexander Smith

LONDON — The defectors who now call "Little Pyongyang" home paid a heavy price to get there.

"My big brother is currently in prison in North Korea and he's not getting released any time soon," Kim Kwang Myong told NBC News. "The reason he is in prison is because of us fleeing the country."

Around 5,300 miles from North Korea's brutal dictatorship, the bland commuter suburb of New Malden has become an improbable home to hundreds of escapees.

With its sleepy town center and large, semi-detached houses, it is a world away from the human-rights abuses, poverty and isolation of their homeland.

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