Photos - Escaping North Korea
Every year, thousands of North Koreans risk their lives in hopes of a better future, but freedom isn't always guaranteed once they cross the border. Go inside a refugee's journey.
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The Oprah Winfrey Show | May 18, 2010 
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This is a small mining village in North Korea along the Tumen River. In North Korea, government mismanagement of food has left 33 percent of the population undernourished, and freedoms of speech, press, assembly, association, physical movement and religion are prohibited. In search for food, work and freedom, up to 300,000 North Koreans have fled to neighboring China. |
