Tensions are rising on the Korean peninsula and now there are reports the country could be facing a famine. But beyond those kinds of headlines, we rarely hear what life is like for North Koreians until they make the difficult decision to flee. Jihyun Park did just that. Born in North Korea in the 1960s she now lives in the UK. It was there she met Seh-Lynn Chai a South-Korean born writer. Despite the fact they were raised on opposite sides of the border to fear one another, together, they wrote the new book The Hard Road Out: One Woman’s Escape From North Korea. The two women spoke with Piya Chattopadhyay about how their remarkable friendship came to be.