Imagine that the US is hosting the Olympics and you are a Nazi concentration camp survivor. You risked your life to reach America. Then America begs the Nazis to send their athletes and musicians and cheerleading squad to the Olympics AND foots the bill with your tax money. Also, America abandons the Stars and Strips in favor of a neutral flag for the Olympics so that they can form joint teams with the Nazis. Maybe it would feel like a slap in the face?
"The Nazi concentration camps shocked the world. If such a horror is discovered today, shouldn’t it prompt a response?” -- The Washington Post on prison camps in North Korea; "There is not a comparable situation anywhere in the world, past or present” -- UNHR high commissioner Navi Pillay on human rights violations in North Korea
Defector Memoirs (and Hwang Jang-yop)
I’ve always wanted to compile a complete list of all the North Korean defector memoirs. There are currently 14 memoirs about defectors f...
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I’ve always wanted to compile a complete list of all the North Korean defector memoirs. There are currently 14 memoirs about defectors f...
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There is a fairly nondescript bronze statue of a man seated in a chair in Harvard Square. It’s on a large traffic island in front...
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Recently I had an unusual (for me, at least) opportunity to not only meet but also spend time with a half dozen North Korean defectors. T...