Escape from Camp 14: One Man’s Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West
Author: Blaine Harden
A New York Times bestseller, the shocking story of one of the few people born in a North Korean political prison to have escaped and survived.North Korea is isolated and hungry, bankrupt and belligerent. It is also armed with nuclear weapons. Between 150,000 and 200,000 people are being held in its political prison camps, which have existed twice as long as Stalin’s Soviet….Read More
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