The Rebel and the Kingdom
The True Story of the Secret Mission to Overthrow the North Korean Regime
New York : Crown, 2022.
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: xvi, 242 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm
"This remarkable story of idealism and insanity, hubris and heroism, follows Yale undergraduate Adrian Hong, who in the early 2000s, found purpose helping asylum-seeking North Korean escapee to safety and trying to subvert the North Korean regime, causing him to become one of the world’s most unlikely fugitives"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents:
Prologue: The break-in -- A ready-made life -- The present is no different -- Across the Tumen River -- Shenyang six -- Bull in a china shop -- The pegasus project -- Horreya -- Above ground, below ground -- Blueprints -- Pruning the family tree -- Face-to-face -- The Italian job -- I'll be gone a while -- Anatomy of a fake kidnapping -- Long live the great successor -- Somebody please call the FBI -- Jailhouse kimchi -- On the run -- Epilogue: The price.
Subjects:
Hong, Adrian.
Human rights -- Korea (North)
Human rights workers -- United States -- Biography.
Asian American political activists -- Biography.
Hong, Adrian.
Human rights -- Korea (North)
Human rights workers -- United States -- Biography.
Asian American political activists -- Biography.
ISBN:
9780593240656
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
BIOGRAPHY Hong, Adrian | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Biography | In |