Tim Peters

Tim Peters, one of the early backers of the new underground railroad, takes the podium at United Nations Refugee Day in Seoul in 2005.

(Courtesy of Helping Hands Korea)

PhotosKim With Refugees

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

American activist Suzanne Scholte addresses the North Korea People’s Liberation Front, a Seoul-based organization of more than one…

Yoo Chul-min, a 10-year-old North Korean boy who fled to China, died of exposure in the Gobi Desert…

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

Praying. North Korean refugees worship secretly in China. (Courtesy of Open Doors USA)

Mug shot of Steve Kim, taken by Chinese police after his arrest in 2003 for the crime of…

Melanie Kirkpatrick