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Defector Memoris and Testimonies - North Korean Defectors Looking into North Korea from Outside |
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| I tried hard to unearth the memories of happiness that I had felt under my parents' care, but I wasn't sure if such a day would ever come. And then, after an excruciating year and a half of waiting, I finally arrived in South Korea. I had arrived after a harrowi..
[2009-11-18 10:32] |
| As much as I suffered, my family members must have suffered as well. They must have hurt just as much as I hurt. But, still recovering from my illness, I could do nothing for them. There was only one thing I could do, and that was to leave. After saying farewell..
[2009-11-16 16:31] |
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The stream of refugees arriving in South Korea has reached almost 20,000. But the journey taken by each and every one, the burden of hometowns, parents, brothers and sisters, is different for each person. Each person chose their journey for various reasons, hunge..
[2009-11-16 11:23] |
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When I arrived in South Korea, almost every other word I heard was new to me, but the most impressive word of all was “freedom.” For defectors, people who had lived for so long without any expression, there were no phrases like freedom of expression or freedom of..
[2009-10-23 15:06] |
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On the 9th of this month, North Korean Defectors Assembly Center Director Ju Seon Ae hosted one-day Gyeongju tour for North Korean defectors. Before they left, Jeon, 80, made a speech to the defectors, telling them, "I thought of what I could do for you who..
[2009-10-13 17:35] |
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In North Korea, Chuseok was designated an “ethnic festival” in 1986 by Kim Jong Il and became a national holiday in 1988. As is the custom in both Koreas, North Korean citizens prepare sacrificial food, if circumstances allow, for the shrines of ancestors.That be..
[2009-10-05 11:39] |
| The North Korean economy works mostly on the basis of mobilizing the power of the citizens without giving much in the way of compensation.Since propaganda is generally employed to induce the “voluntary” participation of the people, there is a long tradition of cre..
[2009-09-28 12:23] |
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Reflecting on his school experience in North Korea, Chung Hyun Chul (pseudonym, 19), who entered South Korea in December 2008 after defecting from Buryeong in North Hamkyung Province, explained sadly, "I could not attend school even though I was of the proper age.”..
[2009-09-15 12:53] |
| On Tuesday, Rodong Shinmun, the publication of the North Korea Workers’ Party, reported the activities of the Shinuiju Weaving Cooperative Association. It complemented the organization, “Every visitor to the Shinuiju Weaving Cooperative Association is struck with..
[2009-09-10 00:39] |
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