it was written by an italian journalist who was living in what we then called peking. he had secured a very rare visa to go to pyongyang and had written an article for his publication about it and sent a translation to me hoping the asian "wall street journal" would publish it. of course, we did. and i was, i was really blown away by. it was completely eye-opening to me, especially his description of the mass public worship of kim il-sung who was then the leader of north korea. it was like reading a chapter from 1984 your george orwell's vision had come to life at a few years earlier as the democratic people republic of korea but also as the years went by i couldn't get the closing line of the italian journalist article out of my head. it read, when i got off the plane in peking, i kissed the ground, happy to be back in a free country. a free country, china, in 1981? i have been the. i knew china wasn't free. was it really possible that the good be a place that north korea could be worse? 30 years later we know the answer to that question. north korea is the world's mo

. >> friends of neil pekings say the two virginia vetter nairns took the trip to montana a bit out ofson so they could be in town for neil's daughter, madison's, first birthday. >> today, she was just out of sorts. >> cathy tells me the thrill seeker set out last tuesday. >> i never felt that this was going to end catastrophically. i never felt that something happened to him. >> reporter: family members say the two ventured into back country and fell into a ravine. the conditions? frigid. 18 inches of snow in some parts. exhausted from contemplating the what ifs. >> i asked debbie for it a couple days ago. >> you know, the outpouring of warnt warmth and generosity from people all across the country. >> reporter: and, tonight, peki in, gs is joined from his father and family. although medics cleared the two hikers, they were given the green light and decided to wait this evening and instead, come home tomorrow. earlier, a lot of folks around here awaiting their arrival. >> secretary of state hillary clinton said tonight that she takes responsibility for an attack on a consulate in liby

it was written by an italian journalist who is living a multiband called peking. he had secured a very rare visa to go to pyongyang and had written an article for his publication about it and said his translation of hoping that "the wall street journal" published it. and i was really blown away by it. it is completely eye-opening, especially as description of the public were shut of kim il-sung who is the leader of north korea. it was like reading a chapter from 1984. george orwell's vision had come to life a few years earlier and the democratic people's republic of korea. i couldn't get by the line of the italian journalist article out of my head. when i got off the plane and peking, i kiss the ground, happy to be back in a free country, a free country, china in 1981? i've been there. i knew china was sent brave. was it really possible that there could be a place that north korea could be worse? 30 years later, we know the answer to that question. north korea is the world's most repressive state. the people are the sites that they can regime, which controls every

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it read: when i got off the plane in peking, i kissed the ground, happy to be back in a free country. a free country, chinain' 1981 in i'd been there i knew china wasn't free. was it really possible there could be a place that was -- that north korea could be worse? 30 years later, we know the answer to that question. north korea is the world's most repressive state. its people or the slave to the kim family regime which controls every aspect of their lives. even whether they get to eat. religion is banned. there is no rule of law. and perceived political infractions are met with harsh punishment. punishment, i should add, that it onmeeted out to three generations of a family. a political offender knows when he goes to prison, his parents and his children will probably go with him. there are probably about 200,000 north koreans today in the gulag, and more than a million, perhaps as high as two million, have already died there. the reason we know all of this, and much, much morning is thanks to the testimonies of north koreans who have escaped. these are the people i write about in my

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