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North Korean Defector Is Trump’s Surprise SOTU Guest

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Story of Ji Seong-ho’s escape from the regime won uniform applause.

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Kim Hong-Ji/Reuters

President Trump welcomed a North Korean defector as his surprise guest at the State of the Union address Tuesday night, recounting in vivid detail the torture Ji Seong-ho said he endured before escaping the country as a child.

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