Photos show daily life in remote parts of North Korea and its capital, Pyongyang. Slogans and propaganda are common sights on ...

I left my home in North Korea’s countryside on Feb. 17, 2011, but the actual act of leaving North Korea was not immediate. I spent more than a month hiding in Hyesan in the home of the broker’s ...

Lee left North Korea in his early 20s with his mother. They fled their hometown of Hyesan, a North Korean city that borders ...

but the actual act of leaving North Korea was not immediate. I spent more than a month hiding in Hyesan in the home of the broker’s girlfriend, waiting for the moment I would cross the river.