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#1 I was born in Japan between two worlds. I was Korean on my father's side and Japanese on my mother's side. I was raised in a poor Korean family in Mizonokuchi, a neighborhood south of Tokyo. I dreamed of becoming the prime minister of Japan.
#2 My mother, Miyoko, was a woman of strong character. She had an oval face that was beautiful in its way. My father, on the...
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A River in Darkness: One Man's Escape from North Korea by Masaji Ishikawa - Book Summary - Abbey Beathan
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The life of a man and his escape from one of the most vicious totalitarian regimes out there.
Masaji Ishikawa's horror story began when he moved to North Korea at thirteen years of age. His parents were lured in with promises of abundant work, higher station in society and great opportunities for...
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"Half-Korean, half-Japanese, Masaji Ishikawa has spent his whole life feeling like a man without a country. This feeling only deepened when his family moved from Japan to North Korea when Ishikawa was just thirteen years old, and unwittingly became members of the lowest social caste. His father, himself a Korean national, was lured to the new Communist country by promises of abundant work, education for his children, and a higher station in society....
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