Kim, Sung Kyung (2014). “I am well-cooked food”: survival strategies of North Korean female border-crossers and possibilities for empowerment. Inter-Asia Cultural Studies, 2014, 15 (4), 553–571. 1. IntroductionAlthough the “feminization of migration” is actually a global trend reflected in overall economic flows (Piper and Roces 2003; Castles and Miller 2003; Parreñas 2001), the high number of f..