Phillip Buck

Pastor Phillip Buck of Seattle wins the Train Foundation’s Civil Courage Prize for his work helping North Koreans escape from China.

(Jonathan Barth/Courtesy of the Train Foundation)

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Kim Seong-min in the newsroom of Free North Korea Radio, under a sign that proclaims the radio’s motto:…

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

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

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

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

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

Melanie Kirkpatrick