Pastor Eom

Pastor Eom Myong-hui—hand on chest — leads a discussion at a church outside Washington, D.C.

(Courtesy of Defense Forum Foundation)

PhotosBuck’s Refugees

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

Steve Kim (circled) in formation in the yard of the prison, where he spent four years. (Courtesy of…

Tim Peters, one of the early backers of the new underground railroad, takes the podium at United Nations…

Praying. North Korean refugees worship secretly in China. (Courtesy of Open Doors USA)

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

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

Melanie Kirkpatrick