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Escape from Camp 14

One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West
Book • 2012
Escape from Camp 14 is the official biography of North Korean defector Shin Dong-hyuk, detailing his harrowing life born and raised inside Camp 14, one of North Korea's brutal political prison camps, and his remarkable escape to freedom in the West.

Blaine Harden recounts Shin's experiences of torture, starvation, public executions, and betrayal by his own family, as well as his eventual defection and adjustment to life outside North Korea.

Note that in 2015, Shin admitted to lying about several aspects of his story, prompting updates to the book.

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