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In the past decade, up to 100,000 defectors have crossed the waters of the Tumen and Yalu Rivers into northeast China to escape from North Korea, the world’s last closed Communist state. Crossing Heaven’s Border tells the moving and dramatic stories of a few of them.
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A round up of links to local stories of global importance from around the world.
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(July 1, 2009) North Korean defectors take a life-threatening journey, traveling thousands of miles through China, Laos and Thailand, in the hope of settling as free citizens in South Korea. Intrepid South Korean journalists risk their own lives to capture the action and emotion.
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Every refugee has a story. Here are nine of them, from Iraq, Tibet, Burma, Cuba, Congo and Rwanda.
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North Korean defector Myong Hui Eom talks about her daily life in North Korea as a school teacher, a Christian, and finally as a prisoner.
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An interview with Pastor Chun Ki Won, founder of the Durihana mission, which has helped over 700 North Koreans escape to the South.
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A round up of links to local stories of global importance from around the world.
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Learn how you can help North Korean citizens and refugees like those featured in Crossing Heaven’s Border.
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