Escape from Camp 14 : one man's remarkable odyssey from North Korea to freedom in the West /

Twenty-six years ago, Shin Dong-hyuk was born inside Camp 14, one of five sprawling political prisons in the mountains of North Korea. This is the gripping, terrifying story of his escape from this no-exit prison-- to freedom in South Korea.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Harden, Blaine
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Viking, 2012.
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Table of Contents:
  • Never heard the word "love"
  • The boy who ate his mother's lunch
  • School days
  • The upper crust
  • Mother tries to escape
  • Mother tries to escape, version two
  • This son of a bitch won't do
  • The sun shines even on mouse holes
  • Avoiding mother's eyes
  • Reactionary son of a bitch
  • Working man
  • Napping on the farm
  • Sewing and snitching
  • Deciding not to snitch
  • Preparing to run
  • The fence
  • Stealing
  • Riding north
  • The border
  • China
  • Asylum
  • K'uredit k'adus
  • South Koreans are not so interested
  • U.S.A.