ESCAPING NORTH KOREA.

REFUGEES; SOCIAL problems; ETHNIC relations

NORTH KoreaReport Available; CHINAReport Available

The author reports on people who are hiding in China after escaping from North Korea. The number of North Korean citizens that are hiding in China is mentioned. Steps that some people have gone through to escape from North Korea are discussed. The author states that many people fled from North Korea starting in the 1990s following a famine.