A group of North Korean defectors escaped being held as cybersex slaves in China after a priest nicknamed the 'Asian Schindler' helped break them out.
'Lee', whose name has been changed, claims she was held captive along with other girls in a tiny apartment and forced to perform in sex shows on webcams.
After being smuggled across the border, the broker who promised Lee a job at a restaurant then sold her to a cybersex gang in north east China.
She spent seven years performing sex acts in a chatroom after being sold for 30,000 yuan (around £4,000), before escaping by climbing out of the window, according to CNN.
Lee reportedly crossed the Tumen River which separated China and North Korea in a group of eight girls.
Many who make this dangerous journey have to cross in water up to their shoulders.
'Lee' and another woman named as 'Kwang' escaped from the apartment where they were being held by climbing out of the window
The pair lowered themselves down from the fourth floor flat using bed sheets tied together and were ushered into a waiting car and smuggled across the border into a neighbouring country
When she arrived in the city of Yanji and realised there was no restaurant job, Lee said she felt 'humiliated'.
She told CNN she left her home because her parents were strict, adding: 'When I found out, I felt so humiliated. I started crying and asked to leave, but the boss said he had paid a lot of money for me and I now had a debt towards him.'
Her captor, a South Korean man, kept all the girl's money and would only let them go outside during supervised group visits to a nearby park every six months.
When Lee asked for a cut of the estimated 60 million won (about £40,000) she had earned during her time on camera, he reportedly got angry and began cursing and slapping her.
Lee told CNN: 'Some of the men just wanted to talk, but most wanted more. They would ask me to take suggestive poses or to undress and touch myself. I had to do everything they asked.
'I felt like dying 1,000 times, but I couldn't even kill myself as the boss was always watching us.
'During those outings, he would always stay right next to us, so we never got to talk to anyone.'
The team of rescuers were sent to Yanji in norther China by pastor called Chun Ki-Won
Chun has been dubbed the 'Asian Schindler' in the Korean media for his rescues of trafficked North Koreans in China
It was not until a chance encounter with a stranger online that turned out to be a pastor called Chun Ki-Won, that she was rescued.
The priest from South Korea has been nicknamed in Korean media the 'Asian Schindler' for his daring rescue bids of trafficked victims from North Korea.
During their webchat he reportedly told Lee: 'Don't worry, we are going to rescue you.' Lee typed back as she began to cry: 'Thank you. I'm afraid.'
Chun bought Lee a laptop and let her take control of the screen
