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Jailed in North Korea: 5 Americans who got out

Editor’s note: This story was originally published in January. US officials announced today that Kenneth Bae has been released by North Korea and is returning home. You can read about his surprise release here.

By Geoffrey Cain
PRI’s The World

Nov 8, 2014

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Vietnam’s press freedom shrinks despite open economy

Vietnamese officials are stepping up repression of old and new media even as they promote an image of an open, globalized economy. Intense surveillance and imprisonment of critical journalists, coupled with increasingly restrictive laws, are choking the flow of information.

By Shawn W. Crispin
CPJ

Sep 19, 2012

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Watching Titanic in Pyongyang

What the first systematic survey of North Korean refugees tells us about life inside the Hermit Kingdom, and about whether the regime might be ready to fall.

By Geoffrey Cain
Washington Monthly

Jul 1, 2011

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