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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…
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The Aquariums of Pyongyang, Chʻŏr hwan Kang, Pierre Rigoulot
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- Released
- 2006
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- Language
- English
- Authors
- Chʻŏr hwan Kang, Pierre Rigoulot
- Publisher
- Atlantic Books
- Released
- 2006
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 256
- ISBN10
- 1843544997
- ISBN13
- 9781843544999
- Series
- Tags
- Historical Themes, True Stories, Biographies, Politics, Autobiographies & Memoirs, Asia, Escape, Communism, Based on True Events, Concentration camps, Crimes of Communism, Totalitarianism, Gulags, Korean Literature, North Korea
- First published
- 2000
- Original title
- Les Aquariums de Pyongyang
- Rating
- 4.1 out of 5
- Description
- 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…