They Were Promised a Socialist Paradise, and Ended Up in ‘Hell’


By BY CHOE SANG-HUN
World
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Lee Tae-kyung has campaigned tirelessly in South Korea to share the story of the 93,000 people who migrated from Japan to North Korea from 1959 to 1984 and were forced to stay.
New York Times
Immigration and Emigration, Korean War, Content Type: Personal Profile, Human Rights and Human Rights Violations, Families and Family Life, Politics and Government
May 5, 2021 at 04:00AM

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