Phillip Buck

Pastor Phillip Buck of Seattle wins the Train Foundation’s Civil Courage Prize for his work helping North Koreans escape from China.

(Jonathan Barth/Courtesy of the Train Foundation)

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Pastor Eom Myong-hui—hand on chest — leads a discussion at a church outside Washington, D.C. (Courtesy of Defense…

Youn Mi-rang, director-general of Hanawan, the resettlement center for North Korean refugees, meets with the author in her…

Yoo Chul-min’s father, Yoo Sang-jun, prays at his son’s grave in Mongolia. (Courtesy of Helping Hands Korea)

Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld unveils a satellite photograph of the Korean Peninsula at night at a Pentagon news…

Kim Seong-min in the newsroom of Free North Korea Radio, under a sign that proclaims the radio’s motto:…

Tim Peters, one of the early backers of the new underground railroad, takes the podium at United Nations…

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