Crossing heaven's border

Author(s)

    • Lee, Hark joon

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Crossing heaven's border

Hark Joon Lee

Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center, 2014

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Other Title

Ch'ŏn'guk ŭi kukkyŏng ŭl nŏmta

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"Originally published in Korean in 2011 under the title Cheongugui gukgyeongeul neomda by the Cheongnyeon Jeongsin Publishing Co., and copyright by the Chosun Ilbo." -- T.p. verso

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From 2007 to 2011 South Korean filmmaker and newspaper reporter Hark Joon Lee lived among North Korean defectors in China, filming an award-winning documentary on their struggles. Crossing Heaven's Border is the firsthand account of his experiences there, where he witnessed human trafficking, the smuggling of illicit drugs by North Korean soldiers, and a rare successful escape from North Korea by sea. As Lee traces the often tragic lives of North Korean defectors who were willing to risk everything for their hopes, he journeys to Siberia in pursuit of hidden North Korean lumber mills; to Vietnam, where defectors make desperate charges into foreign embassies; and along the 10,000-kilometer escape route for defectors stretching from China to Laos and to Thailand.

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