The World from PRX

underground railroad

Cheong-Suk Ryang, 36, a defector from North Korea hoping to reach South Korea via Thailand, sits in her cell at the Chiang Saen police station in Thailand, after she and four other North Korean women were arrested on the Thai-Lao border. Photo taken May 9
Justice
More North Koreans are escaping to Thailand via an ‘underground railroad’
Environment
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