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The Daily NK is publishing a translation
of “Hwang Jang Yop's Memoirs (2006)” with the permission of
the publishing company, Zeitgeist, and Hwang Jang Yop himself.
"Hwang Jang Yop's Memoirs” are not simply one individual's retrospective
on his life, but a book covering Korean history from the time
of Japanese colonialism, through the Korean War and subsequent
disintegration of the Socialist Bloc, right up to his defection
during the great famine of the 1990s.
By reading these memoirs we can observe the Kim Il Sung family
structure, transitions in his thought, the means by which Kim
Jong Il grasped the levers of power and more, all from the point
of view of an insightful, philosophical insider. It will surely
bring you the reader much closer to understanding the country
of North Korea, its system and ruling principles.
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| By that time, I had started working with Song Han Hyeok, who joined the Japanese army as a volunteer student soldier and later worked as an elementary school teacher in Jeungsan-gun. We had not yet joined any party, but did join lessons for schoolteachers, liste..
[2010-02-21 19:24] |
| Pyongyang Commercial School was on Mansudae Hill, with the provincial government building behind. The provincial building was one of the finest buildings in Pyongyang. The Red Army assigned it as their headquarters and allotted City Hall to North Korean offic..
[2010-02-14 23:16] |
| A car with the eight of us and the detective inside left for Seoul. Once it had gotten dark, we started to exchange glances. The car was climbing on a road with pine trees all around. We kept our swords hidden, and waited for Sohn to give the sign. But all of sud..
[2010-02-11 23:25] |
| The foreman in the early days was a Japanese detective from Samcheok Police Station. However, when we complained about his conduct, he resigned and a Japanese section chief who had originally been a soldier took over. I never got tired or exhausted no matter wha..
[2010-02-09 10:03] |
| When we arrived in Busan, a government official was waiting for us. He checked over the list of names from the police station in Tokyo. Finally, he took us to the train station and put us on a train bound for Seoul. I had not felt that much racism towards us back..
[2010-02-04 07:30] |
| “What’s up?” I asked Song.“I don’t know what to do regarding volunteering as a student soldier,” he explained.“What do you mean, you don’t know?” “My father sent me a letter. He said the police were bullying him badly, so he agreed to send me as a student..
[2010-01-31 21:31] |
| Even before the first semester had finished, I got a letter saying that my brother had died. He had been suffering from a mental illness and no hospital would admit him, so he was treated at home but, unfortunately, died. Thereafter, I remembered some times when h..
[2010-01-25 17:47] |
| In the summer of my senior year, I was again chosen as one of three representatives for a national competition sponsored by The Shokusan Bank. I was picked again, having also been picked in my junior year. But then, with the competition just a few days ahead, I..
[2010-01-21 09:49] |
| From that time, Cho started bringing me candies or fruits, and even protected me from bullies. I also began hanging out with Yun Byeong Seon, and was touched by his personality. When kids in the town had a fight, he knew right from wrong. Whenever someone was si..
[2010-01-16 06:50] |
| Starting in the 1930s, the number of students at my father’s village school dropped noticeably. In my neighborhood, four elementary age kids were admitted to another school. Most of the kids from a nearby town were admitted too. Nevertheless, some parents who still..
[2010-01-13 10:35] |
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