now north korea has been lying for the past 27 years to the international society kim jong il kim jong uns late father broke nuclear agreements with the clinton administration in the 1990s and the bush administration a decade later north korean leader kim jong il left and south korean president kim daejung right shake hands as kim daejung arrives june 13 2000 at the sunan international airp show more newsmakersgetty images kim jong un is following the exact same strategy that his father did people are forgetting history said suzanne scholte the chair of the north korea freedom coalition referring to the end of the 1990s and early 2000s when the north korean regime was under enormous stress kim jong il decided to have talks with south korea the sunshine policy started they were able to make all these promises and what happened millions of people continue to die suffer under this regime and they developed the nuclear program because they didnt follow through on the commitments said scholte when theyve lied eight times why shouldnt they lie the ninth time said park whats even more important than nukes is the human rights issue said park its the matter of whether our parents brothers and sisters are living another 70 years as slaves of the leader or becoming free its an incredibly crucial time for us parks family defected to seoul in 1999 park who says he lived an upperclass life in pyongyang says he was lucky that his father was a former north korean spy who disguised himself as a japanese businessman in seoul because of that his family had access to government officials helping them escape the country relatively easily grace jo and sang hak park wait in line for a wreath laying ceremony for victims of communism in washington june 8 2018 nataly pakabc news i want to ask mr trump please be on the side of the north korean defectors and just say two things at the summit denuclearization and termination of political prison camps if he just says those two things he will be remembered as a great president in history said park although defectors regret the lack of human rights issues mentioned one defector says trump was right to be tough on north korea if youre soft towards north korea thats lowering yourself from the beginning so theyll ask for more its good that the president was strong against them but we would have to see how much the us could put on the table and restrain the dictator said grace jo 26 another north korean defector and college student studying biology the panmunjom summit was a beautiful and touching moment and it warmed our hearts said jo about south korean president moon jaein and kims meeting on april 27 but we couldnt just look at it nicely because kims image may have changed 100 after that and people dont know the hidden side of kim so its very sad north korea hasnt