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August 26, 2013 • Issue no. 03 Volume 26
Boise, Idaho
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Ryan Thorne
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HISTORY Korean peninsula occupied by Japanese forces from 1910 to 1945
In 1946, the peninsula was split in two with a Communist North under Kim Il Sung supported by the Soviet Union and the South under Syngman Rhee supported by the US
Kim Il Sung died in 1994 and was replaced by his son, Kim Jong Il who ruled until he died in 2011 and was replaced by his son, Kim Jong Eun
Eunhyang Kim climbed silently through a mountain pass that flanks China’s southernmost border with Laos, fearing for her life and scared she would be stopped by Laotian or Chinese authorities at any moment. “As I was crossing the mountain, I became very nervous, anxious and fearful because there were two elderly women, an 11 year old and an infant,” said Kim, through a translator. The small group moved as quickly as the old women would allow, cradling the baby gently, their thoughts racing with the possibility of being spotted. “If the infant cried in the middle of the night while we were crossing, there was a chance of getting exposed and arrested,” Kim said. As an escapee from the North Korean government and current Boise State student, 18 year old Kim had already managed to illegally cross the northern border into China and travel through a vast swath of south eastern Asia in cars and small vans, heading toward Thailand and a chance at political asylum. Because Thailand does not have strong political ties with North Korea, refugees caught sneaking across their borders are not returned forcibly. Kim’s journey to freedom isn’t unique. According to the North Korean Refugee Foundation, 1,509 individuals defected from North Korea in 2012 and trekked southwest through escape routes in China to avoid starvation, political imprisonment, and religious persecution; issues all too common in the military controlled peninsula nation. One thing does identify Kim from other North Koreans refugees, her opportunity to study the English language halfway around the world at Boise State in the campus Intensive English Program. The Intensive English Program offers five sessions of English language instruction per year to international students like Kim striving to learn the language. see page
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After three years of fighting in the Korean War the armistice was signed with the present borders marked by the DMZ
Eunhyang Kim’s journey from north Korea to the halls of Boise State
A North Korean broker came to me, saying ‘Your mom wants you to escape to the South,’ so I followed the broker Eunhyang Kim
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In the 1990’s the cessation of Soviet aid and a series of crop failures took their toll on N. Korea’s economy
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