Lexington Books
Pages: 186
Trim: 6 x 8¾
978-0-7391-9266-5 • Hardback • December 2015 • $100.00 • (£77.00)
978-1-4985-2972-3 • Paperback • April 2019 • $38.99 • (£30.00)
978-0-7391-9267-2 • eBook • December 2015 • $37.00 • (£28.00)
Ahlam Lee is assistant professor in the Department of Educational Leadership and Human Resource Development at Xavier University.
Chapter 1: Rationale for Supporting North Korean Defectors
Chapter 2: The Journey of North Korean Defectors from the North to Free Countries
Chapter 3: The Issues and Problems Defectors Face in a New Society
Chapter 4: South Korea Government Support for North Korean Defectors
Chapter 5: North Korean Defectors Who Sought Asylum and Resettled in Other Countries Beyond South Korea
Chapter 6: Implications for Practice and Future Research
Chapter 7: Conclusion
This book is a wonderful addition to the growing field of North Korean studies.... Lee...has prepared a brilliant book.
— Acta Asiatica Varsoviensia
This book is a valuable addition to the growing field of North Korean studies. This multi-layered study of the plight of North Korean refugees—victims of political repression, economic deprivation, and ideological indoctrination—sheds a new light on the "re-traumatization" that many North Korean settlers face in the immeasurably richer and freer South Korea, where they are victimized by socio-economic barriers and general apathy. Lee's book is an eloquent appeal to the human heart in its capacity for abstract sympathy.
— Sung-Yoon Lee, The Fletcher School, Tufts University