Tim Peters

Tim Peters, one of the early backers of the new underground railroad, takes the podium at United Nations Refugee Day in Seoul in 2005.

(Courtesy of Helping Hands Korea)

PhotosKim With Refugees

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

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

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

Mug shot of Steve Kim, taken by Chinese police after his arrest in 2003 for the crime of…

Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld unveils a satellite photograph of the Korean Peninsula at night at a Pentagon news…

Yoo Chul-min, a 10-year-old North Korean boy who fled to China, died of exposure in the Gobi Desert…

Melanie Kirkpatrick