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Defector Memoris and Testimonies - North Korean Defectors Looking into North Korea from Outside |
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| The winter of that year, my father, my mother, and my younger brother died one after another. Without even a coffin, I could not even cry while watching my father, mother, and younger brother were carried off by oxcart because I had no energy. In the next door h..
[2008-04-16 18:14] |
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Now in the 13th year of my stay in China, I enter South Korean websites whenever I turn on the computer. Sometimes, I achingly look for familiar names from my hometown or for North Korean news from the "Association of North Korean Defectors" and the Daily..
[2008-04-16 15:36] |
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On February 16th, Kim Jong Il's 66th birthday (actual age 67) came around again. In North Korea, Kim Jong Il's birthday is called the "Great General's Birthday." Originally, North Korea's top holiday could be considered Kim Il Sung's birthday (April 15th..
[2008-02-17 14:51] |
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“How’s North Korea on snowy days like today? There are more snow falling in the North. You should have had more fun there.” Asked by my South Korean friend, it made me reminiscent of my old days in North Korea. ‘What did I do for fun when it was snowing in North..
[2008-01-28 16:32] |
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Mr. Kim (68 years old) and Mr. Seo (46 years old), residents of a city in South Pyongan Province, made the dangerous trek to a border town, hoping to contact their South Korean relatives. They had met their relatives once before during a Red Cross-organized re..
[2008-01-16 19:41] |
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It is a common tradition all around the world to give presents to friends and neighbors on holidays and birthdays. In North Korea, family members also give each other gifts. However, unlike the rest of the world, in North Korea, such gifts can lead to big problem..
[2008-01-10 13:58] |
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In North Korea, there are few good traditions left, except for good neighborhoods. Even though, these days, food is always scarce, intimacy among neighborhoods remains. Nonetheless, in the jangmadang (markets), there are fistfights almost every day. North Korea’s p..
[2008-01-04 13:36] |
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Changbai, China -- I plan to make my most recent visit to North Korea the last. I don’t plan to set my eyes on that country again, unless there is a significant change. I first went to North Korea four years ago, during the winter of 2003. Before then, my family wa..
[2007-12-31 14:33] |
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A South Korean company producing women’s underwear in Kaesung Industrial Complex almost closed the factory when North Koreans found wrapping papers featuring foreign models with only underwear. North Korean authorities strongly complained. The company barely manage..
[2007-12-23 12:11] |
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