Somewhere Inside
One Sister's Captivity in North Korea and the Other's Fight to Bring Her Home
Adult nonfiction.
Reporter Laura Ling made the mistake of her life. In her excitement to get a story she set foot on North Korean soil. This book traces what happened next as American journalists and politicians work to have her freed from a life sentence of hard labor in this totalitarian communist country.
Throughout the whole book I kept thinking "How could you be SO STUPID?". She KNOWINGLY stepped into North Korea. We are talking about NORTH KOREA. Hello?
I do feel very bad for her family and friends that she might have been shot or sent to a labor camp for life. If not for the sake of yourself, then for the honor of your country DO NOT GO TO NORTH KOREA! This is the country that George Bush considered to be one of the Axis of Evil!
It is kind of like wondering about the people who walk around the city streets at 3 a.m. then get shot or raped. They have to know this is not a good idea.
She claims that although she knew she was crossing the line, she trusted her guide and reporters have to trust their guides. Have you ever heard that if your friends decide to jump off the Brooklyn Bridge then maybe you shouldn't jump off the Brooklyn Bridge, too?
This book does help to keep people informed about the current political climate in the Far East. As I write this the U. S. and South Korean navies are practicing war maneuvers in international waters near North Korea.
