Bible

A New Testament in Korean from the early twentieth century. Secret Christians hid it for half a century before smuggling it out of North Korea.

(Courtesy of Open Doors USA)

PhotosBilly Graham

Buck’s Refugees. The group of North Koreans Pastor Phillip Buck led out of China just before his identity…

Kim With Refugees. American Steve Kim and a group of North Korean refugees whom he sheltered in Guangdong…

Youn Mi-rang, director-general of Hanawan, the resettlement center for North Korean refugees, meets with the author in her…

President George W. Bush spends a few moments with North Korean escapee Kim Han-mee, in the Oval Office…

Yoo Chul-min’s father, Yoo Sang-jun, prays at his son’s grave in Mongolia. (Courtesy of Helping Hands Korea)

Kim Chun-ae, a pseudonym for a North Korean broadcaster, in the Seoul studio of Radio Free Asia. (Courtesy…

Melanie Kirkpatrick