The Hard Road Out: One Woman's Escape from North KoreaThe harrowing story of a woman who escaped famine and terror in North Korea, not once but twice. A gripping, suspenseful and cathartic memoir that tells a story of pain and perseverance and makes the moral case for asylum. David Lammy MP North Korea is an open air prison from which there is no escape. Only a handful of men and women have succeeded. Jihyun Park is one of these rare survivors. Twice she left the land of the socialist miracle to flee