Escape from Camp 14 : one man's remarkable odyssey from North Korea to freedom in the West

Twenty-six years ago, Shin Dong-hyuk was born inside Camp 14, one of five sprawling political prisons in the mountains of North Korea. Located about 55 miles north of Pyongyang, the labor camp is a 'complete control district,' a no-exit prison where the only sentence is life. Inmates work 12 to 15-hour days in the camp mining coal, building dams, sewing military uniforms until they are executed, killed in work-related accidents or die of illness that is usually triggered by hunger. No one born in Camp 14 or in any North Korean political prison camp has escaped. No one except Shin. This is his story. A gripping, terrifying memoir with a searing sense of place, ESCAPE FROM CAMP 14 will unlock, through Shin, a dark and secret nation, taking readers to a place they have never before been allowed to go. ? This is the incredible story of Shin Dong-hyuk – the only person born in a North Korean gulag ever to escape. A gripping, terrifying biography, Escape from Camp 14 by journalist Blaine Harden uncovers a dark and secret nation. Now a major documentary film. 'This is a story unlike any other' - Barbara Demick, author of Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea. Twenty-seven years ago, Shin Dong-hyuk was born inside Camp 14, one of five sprawling political prisons in the mountains of North Korea. Located about fifty-five miles north of Pyongyang, the labour camp is a 'complete control district' – a no-exit prison where the only sentence is life. No one born in Camp 14 or in any North Korean political prison camp has escaped. No one except Shin. This is his story . . Now With A New Foreword By The Author. Shin Dong-hyuk Was Born In The Early 1980s Inside Camp 14, One Of Five Sprawling Political Prisons In The Mountains Of North Korea. Located About 55 Miles North Of Pyongyang, The Labour Camp Is A 'complete Control District,' A No-exit Prison Where The Only Sentence Is Life. No One Born In Camp 14 Or In Any North Korean Political Prison Camp Has Escaped. No One Except Shin. This Is His Story. A Gripping, Terrifying Memoir With A Searing Sense Of Place, Escape From Camp 14 Will Unlock, Through Shin, A Dark And Secret Nation, Taking Readers To A Place They Have Never Before Been Allowed To Go. 'this Is A Story Unlike Any Other' Barbara Demick, Author Of Nothing To Envy: Ordinary Lives In North Korea A Major Documentary Film. Twenty-six years ago, Shin Dong-hyuk was born inside Camp 14, one of five sprawling political prisons in the mountains of North Korea. This is the gripping, terrifying story of his escape from this no-exit prison-- to freedom in South Korea