Photo“I could feel my spine rattling as he sawed off the bones,” Mr. Ji said. But he said he never thought of deserting North Korea until 2000, when he made his way illegally to China. “I had never seen people with Down syndrome until I came to South Korea,” Mr. Ji said. Mr. Ji reunited with his younger brother in South Korea, where his mother and younger sister joined him years later. Mr. Ji says he has never thrown away the crude makeshift crutches that his father made for him.

Source: New York Times January 31, 2018 09:22 UTC