Mike Kim at Mountain View

by Robert Koehler on July 2, 2009

In case you missed him at RAS, here’s Mike Kim discussing his book “Escaping North Korea: Defiance and Hope in the World’s Most Repressive Country.”

(HT to reader)

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1 S.K. Hui July 2, 2009 at 2:31 pm: Mike Kim also appeared on the Daily Show.

http://www.thedailyshow.com/full-episodes/index.jhtml?episodeId=232229
2 NetizenKim July 2, 2009 at 6:34 pm: This man is truly doing the Lord’s work. Obviously he was quite good at it also since he didn’t get caught by the North Koreans, unlike a couple of foolish journalists.
3 Sambek_ZX July 3, 2009 at 3:32 am: I had the pleasure of knowing Mike Kim for about two years as we were undergrads at the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, Class of 1999. He had a maturity way beyond his years and was an active member of the local church leadership. I had the pleasure of briefly serving as a translator for his organization, Crossing Borders, and was heartbroken by the stories I was translating. He’s truly doing a great thing and it’s amazing to see him on national television. I hope the world becomes more aware of the humanitarian crisis in NK through people like him.
4 NetizenKim July 3, 2009 at 5:35 am: Obviously not as compelling though as the “human rights” problems of expats in SK in regards to the threats to their freedom of sex, drugs, and rock & roll.
5 CarlosBA July 4, 2009 at 6:41 am: Mike Kim’s work is commendable, especially his efforts to reduce the human suffering that sex trafficking causes. I just hope that his organization doesn’t play into the South Korean Christian fundamentalists’ vision of converting the North Koreans from one bankrupt, self-righteous ideology and giving them another one.