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

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

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

A New Testament in Korean from the early twentieth century. Secret Christians hid it for half a century…

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

The Korean Church Coalition rallies in support of freedom for North Korea in front of the U.S. Capitol…

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

Melanie Kirkpatrick