> the journey will first pass through China, Vietnam and Laos, where they must be on the alert for police who might arrest them and send them back the way they

> the journey will first pass through China, Vietnam and Laos, where they must be on the alert for police who might arrest them and send them back the way they came — to certain and brutal punishment in North Korea. uh...the chinese gov. says it's 'helping' to get NK to the right mind, but... guess there's some big inconsistency between what it does & what it says... edit: lol sorry for the wrong idea