Tune in to PBS's Independent Lens series on Tuesday, December 13, at 11 p.m. Pacific time (with encore presentations throughout the week) for "Seoul Train," a documentary on the "Underground Railroad" of North Korean refugees.
From the Wall Street Journal article, "Desperate Journey," by Nancy DeWolfe Smith on Friday, December 9 ...
"Getting out of North Korea, which this documentary accurately describes as the 'world's largest prison camp,' may be the easy part. Once they make it over the border into China, the refugees are hunted like rabbits by zealous Chinese cops and soldiers. Forcibly repatriated to North Korea, the refugees face torture and imprisonment for the treasonous act of leaving the country. It's a crime punishable by death. Some of the North Koreans interviewed for this film probably are dead already."
"It's estimated that up to three million souls have perished from hunger in recent years."
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