A Yonsei student from North Korea in her forties published a book on her escape from the country and donated the full amount of her profit from her book. Song Ok, a sophomore at Yonsei, is 40 year-old student spending her third year in South Korea. Her life as a student here is by no means easy. Competing with young students, she has to cope with the expensive book price, lectures conducted in English, subjects that she has never been exposed to, massive amount of readings, presentations, papers, and examination. Unlike the North Korean education which has students memorize a given text, the open-ended university education in South Korea is difficult for her to adapt to. In her effort to assimilate, she tried using South Korean accent, but she gave it up afterwards. While going through difficult studies, Song is doing volunteer works from time to time. She is participating in a temperance movement to help North Korean people stay away from drinking, smoking and drugs. Such activity of hers she regards as a preparation for changes North Korean society will face when the two Koreas become one. Song is now living in her friend's house, though she is provided a house from the government with a minimum cost of living. She moved in to her friend's place, since she could not afford the costs for monthly rent and fees. It is also difficult for her to get a part-time job since she is older than the age limits for most of the jobs. Often when she makes a mistake with transportation card on a bus or subway, she gets depressed about the money wasted. She came to Korea solely by herself. Her parents passed away during the escape, and her younger brothers were exiled to Rangrim Mountains in Jagang Province. The chances of family reunion with her brothers are slim, but she isn't giving it up. She is saving for her brothers, eating only one meal a day. Recently, she was offered an encouraging job. She is now promoting a Apricot Flowers Bloom in My Home Village, a collection of letters written by North Korean refugees to their family members, published in June this year. The book is published to let South Korean public know about the situation in North Korea and to aid their family members left in the home country and the refugee children. Sometimes her friends ignore her on public transportation, for she always takes the book out to introduce it to strangers so that they can buy it. Song says that what she does now is the best possible way to continue her study at the same time. She is prepared to carry on her mission of offering the book until everyone knows about it. That is because she believes that the reunification will be closer only if people understand the reality of North Korean people's lives. When reunification comes, she believes she would be able to meet her beloved brothers again.