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March 2016 Issue John Sweeney Prisoners of Pyongyang The Invitation-Only Zone: The True Story of North Korea’s Abduction Project By Robert S Boynton LR
November 2015 Issue Jonathan Mirsky Crossing the Yalu Stars between the Sun and Moon: One Woman’s Life in North Korea and Escape to Freedom By Lucia Jang & Susan McLelland The Girl with Seven Names: A North Korean Defector’s Story By Hyeonseo Lee with David John In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl’s Journey to Freedom By Yeonmi Park with Maryanne Vollers LR
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April 2014 Issue Jonathan Mirsky One Kim after Another North Korea Undercover: Inside the World’s Most Secret State By John Sweeney LR
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