Faith found her ticket to freedom on the Underground Railroad, helped by a shadowy figure who guided her, and hundreds of other refugees, to safety. Illustration: Adolfo Arranz Faith found her ticket to freedom on the Underground Railroad, helped by a shadowy figure who guided her, and hundreds of other refugees, to safety. Illustration: Adolfo Arranz
Faith found her ticket to freedom on the Underground Railroad, helped by a shadowy figure who guided her, and hundreds of other refugees, to safety. Illustration: Adolfo Arranz

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Escape from North Korea: the Underground Railroad and the shadowy figure who guides refugees to safety

Swindled by people smugglers, Faith was sold as a bride to a Chinese farmer before finding her way onto the Underground Railroad, which assists those attempting the 10,000km journey to freedom and citizenship in the South

Topic |   North Korea
Doug Bock Clark

Updated: 5:11pm, 2 Aug, 2019

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Faith found her ticket to freedom on the Underground Railroad, helped by a shadowy figure who guided her, and hundreds of other refugees, to safety. Illustration: Adolfo Arranz Faith found her ticket to freedom on the Underground Railroad, helped by a shadowy figure who guided her, and hundreds of other refugees, to safety. Illustration: Adolfo Arranz
Faith found her ticket to freedom on the Underground Railroad, helped by a shadowy figure who guided her, and hundreds of other refugees, to safety. Illustration: Adolfo Arranz
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