Shin has a lucky encounter and finds his way to South Korea, and from there to America, but has to adjust to his new life as a free man. Show more

Shin Dong Hyuk is the only person born in a North Korean political prison camp to escape to the West. His remarkable story is told by Washington Post journalist Blaine Harden. Show more

From birth, Shin has been taught to inform on everyone, from his parents to his classmates. Then his mother and brother plan an escape and he is arrested. Show more

Shin is working at the garment factory in Camp 14 when he meets a new prisoner who fires his imagination with tales of life outside the prison wire. Show more

The story of Shin Dong Hyuk, who was born in a North Korean gulag and escaped to the West. Shin has escaped Camp 14, but he is alone outside the wire for the first time in his life. Show more