At the book launch of Escaping North Korea last week, author Mike Kim explained that he wanted the book to be “inspirational”. Having seen the huge obstacles faced by North Korean escapees, he found hope in each of their stories: “If the North Koreans can overcome their mountains, I can overcome my hill”, is the […]
Author: Mike Kim
Selected publications by Mike Kim
- Escaping North Korea: Defiance and Hope in the World’s Most Repressive Country, Rowman + Littlefield 2008
Escaping North Korea: book launches for Mike Kim’s new book
A reminder of the book launch events in Oxford and London this week. In Escaping North Korea, one of the few Americans granted entry into the secretive “Hermit Kingdom,” Mike Kim came to know the isolated country and its people intimately. His North Korean friends entrusted their secrets to him as they revealed the government’s […]