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The night I helped my mother escape North Korea

Source: The Guardian

Read an excerpt from the memoir of a woman who managed to escape from one of the most repressive regimes in the world. In this passage, she helps her mother escape while her brother faces a difficult choice.

This entry was posted in Hard-Won Liberty and tagged Culture & Society, People on September 1, 2016 by Mikki Gibson.

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