[nuconvert]

North Korea to Laos...... south Korea would have been a lot shorter trip to freedom instead of travelling through China......don't quite get it.

[Capt. Tom]

North Korea to Laos...... south Korea would have been a lot shorter trip to freedom instead of traveling through China......don't quite get it.

It would be extremely difficult to sneak across the demilitarized zone separating North and South Korea.

Now if we only had that setup on our border with Mexico. - tom

[Mudcat]

North Korea to Laos...... south Korea would have been a lot shorter trip to freedom instead of travelling through China......don't quite get it.

High barbwire fences, dogs, searchlights, random patrols, *landmines*, and other assorted nastiness along every inch of the North/South Korea border makes that seemingly shorter trip to freedom much, much more dangerous than the longer trek to Laos, friend.