I've always been fascinated with North Korea. That there can exist a place on Earth that is completely shut off from the rest of the world, to the point where its inhabitants are unaware that there even exists a "rest of the world" is mind-boggling.
This link tells the abdriged story of Shin In Geun's escape from a North Korean prison camp. It reads like a real-life, infinitely more torturous Hunger Games.
Read it. Read it. Read it.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2012/mar/16/escape-north-korea-prison-camp
