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Escape from North Korea
Chien-Chi Chang
The most recent exodus of North Korean defectors into China began in the late 1990s after a severe famine that killed at least one million of its 23 million people. Most follow an escape route known as Asia's Underground Railroad, eventually covering more than 10,000 km if they successfully reach Seoul. Their first step is to cross the border at the Tumen River. They then remain in hiding, waiting to escape from China. The 2,000 perilous miles across China are just the beginning. Then comes the challenge of making a new life.
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2007
CHINA. 2007. On a frigid December day, workers gather at a dilapidated...
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Barbed wire marks the high-security zone where the frontiers...
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CHINA. 2007. With Tumen River in between, Hoeryong city in North...
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CHINA. 2007. Friendship Bridge. The Tumen remains a tourist attraction...
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NORTH KOREA. 2007. Cross-shaped posts carrying telephone wires...
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CHINA. Yanji. 2007. In the border city of Yanji, a missionary...
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2007
CHINA. 2007. The Tumen remains a tourist attraction with a riverfront...
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2007
LAOS. 2007. Too exhausted to celebrate their exit from China,...
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CHINA. 2007. The Tumen remains a tourist attraction with a riverfront...
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CHINA. Yanji. 2007. Yanji Church, the biggest one in Yanji, is...
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CHINA. Yanji. 2007. In the border city of Yanji, a missionary...
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CHINA. Yanji. 2007. Yanji Church, the biggest one in Yanji, is...
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CHINA. 2007. This North Korea defector stole across the frozen...
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CHINA. Yanji. 2007. This North Korea defector stole across the...
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CHINA. 2007. Ms. Lee, 44, a North Korean, came to Yanji two and...
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CHINA. 2007. Identifying herself only as "Mrs. Lee," a defector...
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2007
Identifying herself only as "Mrs. Lee," a defector in Yanji was...
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CHINA. 2008. Under all-seeing eyes on a billboard in a Beijing...
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CHINA. Beijing. 2008. Passengers at Beijing West Railway Station....
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CHINA. 2008. Under all-seeing eyes on a billboard in a Beijing...
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CHINA. Beijing. 2008. Under all-seeing eyes on a billboard in...
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CHINA. Beijing. 2008. Under all-seeing eyes on a billboard in...
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CHINA. Beijing. 2008. Under all-seeing eyes on a billboard in...
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CHINA. 2007. Lacking legal documents, This North Korean defector...
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CHINA. Simao. 2007. North Korean refugees, stay in a safe house...
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CHINA. Simao. 2007. North Korean refugees, stay in a safe house...
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CHINA. 2007. North Korean Defectors braced themselves against...
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LAOS. 2007. After 14-hour of ride through the bumpy mountain...
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THAILAND. 2007. After an anxious crossing (of the Mekong River),...
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THAILAND. 2007. Early morning fog shrouds Mekong on the Laos...
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THAILAND. 2007. Early morning fishermen on the Mekong, south...
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LAOS. 2007. Darkness settles over the Mekong River, providing...
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THAILAND. 2008. Darkness settles over the Mekong River, providing...
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THAILAND. 2007. Mekong River south of Vientiane on Lao side and...
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THAILAND. 2007. Giving thanks, a North Korean refugee waiting...
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CHINA. 2007. With Tumen River in between, Hoeryong city in North...
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Giving thanks, North Korean refugees waiting for papers that...
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THAILAND. 2008. A swimming pool near Mekong in Nong Khai.
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THAILAND. 2008. A neighborhood next to Thai Immigration Detention...
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THAILAND. Bangkok. 2008. A busload of illegal workers from Cambodia...
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SOUTH KOREA. 2008.
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The gun is fake, but the message of outrage is real. Impersonating...
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SOUTH KOREA. Seoul. 2008.
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SOUTH KOREA. Seoul. 2008.
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SOUTH KOREA. Seoul. 2008.
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Still fearful of revealing his name or face, a defector takes...
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SOUTH KOREA. 2008. Days after reaching South Korea, A North Koran...
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SOUTH KOREA. 2008. Pastor Chun Ki-won of Durihana church presides...
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SOUTH KOREA. 2008. Yoon Sung-chul, a North Korean defector, has...
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SOUTH KOREA. Seoul. 2008. Seoul Grand Park during Children's...
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SOUTH KOREA. Seoul. 2008. Han River flows through Seoul.
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Before moving to an apartment, Black spent eight weeks at the...
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SOUTH KOREA. 2008.
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SOUTH KOREA. 2008.
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SOUTH KOREA. Seoul. 2008. The North Korean defector who escaped...
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Five years after reaching South Korea, defector Kim Yoon-hui,...
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This North Korean defector now works a construction job during...
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LAOS. 2008. Mekong River south of Vientiane on Lao side and south...
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