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Kang Chol-hwan: Aquariums of Pyongyang

by Philip Gowman posted 16 Feb 2006 updated 8 Jul 2019
in Books | North Korea. < 1 minute read

(Basic Books 2001)

A harrowing autobiographical account of a young boy’s experience in a North Korean concentration camp. Essential reading.

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