The article entitled “Stranger than fiction: How forbidden book was smuggled out of N. Korea” by Paula Hancocks discusses how a book detailing the daily lives of North Koreans was smuggled out of North Korea. The book, entitled “The Accusation; Forbidden Stories from Inside North Korea,” was written by a man known only by his penname of Bandi and is a collection of fictional short stories about regular life in North Korea. The book, a handwritten manuscript, was smuggled out between books of North Korean propaganda with the help of South Korean activist Do Hee-youn. Bandi is still in North Korea, and risked his own safety to get this book out into the world because he has love for the North Korean citizen he sees struggling daily. This article
