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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
National
Damon Wilkinson

'I went through hell to escape communism. I pinch myself at how blessed this country is'

Sat sipping a coffee in a Morrisons cafe in Denton, Timothy Cho smiles as he lists the things he loves about his adopted home. Fish and chips, football, history, a full English breakfast, a pint in Wetherspoons, he says reeling them off one by one.

But there's one thing about the UK he values above all else, freedom. Timothy, was just 17 when he fled the world's most oppressive regime, risking his life to cross the border from North Korea into China.

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