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The Aquariums of Pyongyang: Ten Years in the North Korean Gulag
The Aquariums of Pyongyang Ten Years in the North Korean Gulag
Author: Kang Chol-Hwan, Pierre Rigoulot
North Korea today is one of the last bastions of hard-line Communism. Western historians and researchers have had little access to information about North Korea apart from official Party documents and propaganda. This book marks the first time that a victim of the regime has provided a personal and documented insight into the labour camps, the o...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781903985052
ISBN-10: 1903985056
Publication Date: 9/13/2001
Pages: 256
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Publisher: Basic Books
Book Type: Hardcover
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A well-written and harrowing first-person account of life in a North Korean prison camp.
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I found this book extremely interesting, because glimpses into North Korea are so limited. Of course, you have the gruesome aspects of the gulag, but, the perspective on daily living (pre-famine) were so interesting.



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