The Aquariums of Pyongyang: Ten Years in the North Korean Gulag

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Atlantic, 2006 - History - 256 pages
Kang Chol-Hwan is the first survivor of a North Korean concentration camp to escape the 'hermit kingdom' and tell his story to the world. This memoir reveals the human suffering in his camp, with its forced labour, frequent public executions and near-starvation rations. Kang eventually escaped to South Korea via China to give testimony to the hardships and atrocities that constitute the lives of the thousands of people still detained in the gulags today. Part horror story, part historical document, part memoir, part political tract, this story of one young man's personal suffering finally gives eye-witness proof to this neglected chapter of modern history.

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A Happy Childhood in Pyongyang
1
Money and the Revolution Can Get Along
11
Next Year in Pyongyang
21
Copyright

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