Fleeing North Korea
Pyongyang Police Officer (Flickr Image: Chris Price)
Escaping from totalitarian North Korea on the so-called “underground railroad” can take months. Anchor Marco Werman talks with Patrick Winn who has written about the challenges faced by North Korean defectors in the Global Post.
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