Outsiders

In this unique and insightful book, Markus Bell explores the hidden histories of the men, women, and children who traveled from Japan to the worlds most secretive stateNorth Korea. Through vivid ethnographic details and interviews with North Korean escapees, Outsiders: Memories of Migration to and from North Korea reveals the driving forces that propelled thousands of ordinary people to risk it all in Kim Il-Sungs Workers Paradise, only to escape back to Japan half a century later.