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Escape from North Korea the untold story of Asia's underground railroad

It is a crime to leave North Korea. Yet increasing numbers of North Koreans dare to flee. They go first to neighboring China, which rejects them as criminals, then on to Southeast Asia or Mongolia, and finally to South Korea, the United States, and other free countries. They travel along a secret ro...

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Main Author: Kirkpatrick, Melanie
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Encounter Books, 2014.
Edition:First paperback edition.
Subjects:
Korea (North) > Emigration and immigration.
Refugees > Korea (North)
Refugees > Government policy > China.
Missionaries > Korea (North)
Missionaries > China.
Church work with refugees > Korea (North)
Church work with refugees > China.
Illegal immigration > China.
Repatriation > Korea (North)
Repatriation > China.
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Summary:It is a crime to leave North Korea. Yet increasing numbers of North Koreans dare to flee. They go first to neighboring China, which rejects them as criminals, then on to Southeast Asia or Mongolia, and finally to South Korea, the United States, and other free countries. They travel along a secret route known as the new underground railroad. . . .Just as escaped slaves fromt he American South educated Americans about the evils of slavery, the North Korean fugut
Physical Description:xv, 350 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-336) and index.
ISBN:9781594037290 (pbk. : alk. paper)
1594037299 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Author Notes:Melanie Kirkpatrick is a journalist, writer, and Hudson Institute senior fellow. She was deputy editor of the editorial page at the Wall Street Journal. She lives in rural Connecticut with her husband. Jack David.

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