TITLE

Fleeing North Korea famine appears not to be an option

AUTHOR(S)

Platt, Kevin

PUB. DATE

April 1997

SOURCE

Christian Science Monitor;4/22/97, Vol. 89 Issue 102, p6

SOURCE TYPE

Newspaper

DOC. TYPE

Article

ABSTRACT

Reports that the North Koreans who are fleeing their land because of a sever famine are unlikely to make it through the wall of informers and border guards that will block their passage into neighboring China. What China will do to prevent a mass exodus; Severity of the famine; Efforts by the Koreans to enter China; Which group of people will suffer most; Establishment of an underground railroad to transport refugees into China.

ACCESSION #

9704292866

Tags: FAMINES;  FORCED migration

 

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