Cleared for exchange
Chongjin, North Korea
Wants Western liberty
Min-ho Kim
Factory technician · Age 33
“They call it equality. It is a silence so complete you can hear the loudspeakers.”
Min-ho keeps machines running in a plant that does not publish numbers. He has buried questions the way other men bury savings. He wants a country where a technician can change cities, change jobs, and change his mind. He will take a graveyard shift in Indiana if the graveyard is only a figure of speech.
Stated wants
- Wages in cash
- A radio with more than one station
- The right to leave a town
- A future his son can pick
Seeking a seat in
the United States
Leaving Democratic People's Republic of Korea. The Program is looking for an American who would prefer North Korea.