Word: baishan
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...with rice and chives. It was the most satisfying meal Ryu remembers ever eating. Soon after, she was sold by the North Korean middleman to a Chinese smuggler for $36. In turn, the Changbai dealer sold her to a Chinese farmer in a village near the Jilin town of Baishan for $600. They now have a four-year-old daughter, and the farmer treats Ryu well. His family trusts her so much that she's even in charge of the family finances. Ryu has another child from her marriage to a North Korean back home. But she doesn't like...
...despite her abusive husband, 36-year-old Kim says she will stay put in Baishan. She has had enough of running away. Others may find it tough even to cross the border now. In August, China began replacing the armed police who used to guard the border with People's Liberation Army soldiers, presumably to stem the influx of North Koreans. Locals say the armed police, some of whom are ethnic-Korean Jilin natives, were easy for refugees to bribe; the PLA will probably be far less easily bought. Their garrisons were put in place before winter, when most North...
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