Smuggling Light: One Woman's Victory Over Persecution, Torture, and Imprisonment

Literally dark—most of its regions are too poor to afford electricity and other basic needs. Figuratively dark—its daily life is hidden from outsiders, its citizens reticent, and its propaganda vast. And spiritually dark—its ruler, Kim Jong—il, is both worshipped and feared and the gospel is squelched without question.

Into this darkness, Esther walked.

Growing up a Chinese—Korean, Esther wanted nothing to do with Christianity until a visit to an underground church in Chin...