“From Communism to Freedom” Seo Chulryong, or Justin his American name, sits in our English class at Monroe Community College. He wears jeans, tennis shoes and a sleeveless T-shirt long ruffled colorful shirt. His dark black hair reaches the back of his neck. Justin is a friendly 25-year-old college student. He is being interviewed by several college students about life in North Korea and his trip to America from the communist country, North Korea, to come to America with his mother, father and older brother. The journey to the United States began in 2005, with the escape through the North Korean forest to keep warm or cook, and they walked for three days towards China. “One of the three days in the forest we got lost,” says Justin, “This was a very big risk for the families because if the North Korean police caught us while we were running away, we would have done it. was shot and killed." Justin and his family lived in China from 2005 to 2008. He was able to meet his sponsoring family in 2007 when they arrived in China. In September 2008 Justin and his family met traveled to Laos for about nine months and finally made it to the United States in 2009. “You can't escape to South Korea because there are minefields,” Justin says Justin notes several differences between his home country and the United States. The culture of living in the United States. The United States is very different and better than North Korea. Justin says: “In North Korea there is no freedom, you are told what to wear, what to read , we can't pray. There are no electronics, cell phones, etc. radios or other entertainment. We could only play physically, and we did bad things as children... in the middle of paper... to talk about it." He, however, shared that both his parents died two years ago in the United States. Justin did not want to share any more information about his parents' deaths. Justin was asked: “If you could tell Americans one thing about your country and culture. , what would that be?" Justin says: “If the American people could write to American government officials and ask them not to send any more money to North Korea, the North Korean government doesn't love America, they wouldn't appreciate what they do the American government and the North The Korean government thinks that the Americans have too much freedom.” Justin said: “I don't trust China or Russia, they are very similar to North Korea.” Justin said: “I would like to go back someday and change things in North Korea, I want to change the policy in the government, and the way North Koreans live.”