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Matchmaking North Korean women with South Korean men

As a young woman Yujin Han managed to escape North Korea but life in the South was unbearably lonely. So she set up an agency pairing South Korean men with other female defectors.

03:50 BSTWitness History

The Czech Freedom Train

04:00 BSTBBC News

25/06/2025 03:01 GMT

04:06 BSTThe Newsroom

25/06/2025 03:06 GMT

04:30 BSTBBC News Summary

25/06/2025 03:30 GMT

04:32 BSTWorld of Secrets

The Killing Call: 2. Four and a half hours

05:00 BSTBBC News

25/06/2025 04:01 GMT

05:06 BSTNewsday

25/06/2025 04:06 GMT

06:00 BSTBBC News

25/06/2025 05:01 GMT

06:06 BSTNewsday

25/06/2025 05:06 GMT

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Selection of BBC World Service Programmes

25/06/2025

BBC Radio 4 presents a selection of news and current affairs, arts and science programmes from the BBC World Service.

05:00 BSTNews Summary

25/06/2025

05:04 BSTYesterday in Parliament

25/06/2025

05:34 BSTShipping Forecast

25/06/2025

05:43 BSTPrayer for the Day

Marking the programme's 55 years on Radio 4

05:45 BSTFarming Today

25/06/25 Report shows more action needed to meet emissions targets in agriculture, imported beef in supermarkets, agri jobs

06:00 BSTToday

25/06/2025

09:00 BSTMore or Less

Why is data on grooming gangs so bad?

09:30 BSTThe History Podcast

8. A Fracture

10:00 BSTWoman's Hour

Christiane Amanpour, Child Q, Melissa Febos

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