Preface = 1 Part I: A Country in Prison 1. The Yalu River = 7 2. Slow Train = 15 3. The Travel Guards = 22 4. En Route to Mt. Myohyang = 28 5. Kim Il Sung, God in North Korea = 36 6. Kim Jong Il, Behind the Veil = 45 7. Pyongyang - Hell and Paradise = 54 8. In the Shadow of Juche = 63 9. Pyongyang's Everyday Life = 74 10. Underground Casino = 8111. The DMZ = 87 12. Out of the Prison Country = 102 Part II: Bloody Yanbian 13. Massive Flight = 111 14. Cold Water Village = 120 15. The Dangerous Life of the Escapee = 127 16. Young Victims = 132 17. North Korea's Auschwitz = 137 18. The Mongolia Route = 143 PART III: THE FAILURE OF THE COMMUNIST UTOPIA19. Seeking a Change = 151 20. Engaging the West = 159 21. Beautifying Terrorism = 163 22. Starve the Regime to Death? = 16723. Rise in Arms? = 173 24. The First Light = 178 Appendix: Timetable of the Famine = 185 Chapter Notes = 187 Index = 195.