Escape From North News Today

For years, defectors from North Korea have used huge helium-filled balloons to launch leaflets criticizing the leadership of Kim Jong Un.

Tensions are rising on the Korean peninsula and now there are reports the country could be facing a famine. But beyond those kinds of headlines, we rarely hear what life is like for North Koreians — until they make the difficult decision to flee. Jihyun Park did just that. Born in North Korea in the 1960s she now lives in the UK. It was there she met Seh-Lynn Chai a South-Korean born writer. Despite the fact they were raised on opposite sides of the border to fear one another, together, they...

First in-person Trillium awards in two years hand out four prizes in French and English categories celebrating fiction, non-fiction and poetry.

Imagine being trapped somewhere and not being able to get out. On the verge of dyeing or being killed and barreling getting out alive. That how Aron Ralston,...