North Korean defector actress Kim Ah-ra revealed her troubled childhood.

On the 14th, during the MBN entertainment program "Sokpuri Show Dongchimi (abbreviated Dongchimi)," they discussed the topic of "overstepping couples."

Kim Ah-ra said, "There was a lot of family discord since I was young. My stepmother came about twice. The children also ran over one after another. I ended up doing work in between while being treated like an outsider. I had to carry water from the Tumen River. There were also many times I went to the mountains with logs tied around my waist and rolled down. I had to please my stepmother, so I only ate one spoonful of rice and set it down."

She added, "To overcome hunger, I swallowed my saliva and kept spitting it out. If I continued like that, I would eventually faint. My father has been missing until now. Since I was left behind, my stepmother told me to leave. I wandered from house to house for food, and eventually, I was adopted by a friend of my father’s. I did nearly servant-like work. It was when I was 11 years old."

Kim Ah-ra said, "Looking at rat poison, I thought, 'Wouldn't it all end if I ate this?' If I had to live like this, I didn't care if something went wrong while defecting. That's how I ended up defecting. Fortunately, I met my mother. After living in China for six years, I came to Korea at 19. I was very depressed and it was hard. I came to the Republic of Korea, but everything was unfamiliar and scary."

Kim Ah-ra explained, "I didn't want to meet anyone like my father. I saw my father hitting my mother a lot. I really hated men who liked alcohol. But after meeting and dating, I ended up not knowing what to do."

Kim Ah-ra shocked listeners by saying, "No one knows what life after marriage is like. I thought I had to trust and marry someone recommended by those around me. I wouldn't compare looks or anything; I had that mindset. My husband was a prayerful person. He called me and said, 'I feel like you are my partner.' Unconsciously, I was drawn to bad men. My husband has a handsome style. He wasn’t exactly my type, which made me confused. I changed my mind and got married. We dated after the marriage. I didn’t even know what his job was, his personality, his school, or any specifics. I even debated about spending the first night in separate rooms."

Kim Ah-ra said, "There are three things I cannot compromise on: he must come from a Christian family for three generations, have love for both the North and South, and be tall. For the sake of the next generation."

[Photo] MBN entertainment program "Sokpuri Show Dongchimi"

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