Crossing Heaven's Border

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Synopsis
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.
Copyright:
2015

Book Details

Book Quality:
Publisher Quality
Book Size:
351 Pages
ISBN-13:
9781931368728
Related ISBNs:
9781931368360
Publisher:
Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center
Date of Addition:
Copyrighted By:
the Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Has Image Descriptions:
No
Categories:
History, Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs, Social Studies, Politics and Government
Submitted By:
Bookshare Staff
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This is a copyrighted book.

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