Yodok Stories

Verzio FF North Korean leader Kim Il Sung ordered the seed of class enemies to be destroyed unto the third generation. Anyone in a family with a "criminal" is considered guilty by association. Entire families are sent to labor camps with life sentences, and without court hearings. Today, m...

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Other Authors: Fidyk, Andrzej
Institution:Open Society Archives at Central European University
Language:Korean
Published: Norway 2008
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10891/osa:8355bcfa-ed95-4fe5-8b29-3ebc72b12fd7
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Summary:Verzio FF North Korean leader Kim Il Sung ordered the seed of class enemies to be destroyed unto the third generation. Anyone in a family with a "criminal" is considered guilty by association. Entire families are sent to labor camps with life sentences, and without court hearings. Today, more than 200,000 are behind the wire, subject to the worst kinds of slave labor and torture. Yodok Stories follows 36-year-old North Korean defector Jung Sung San, who has managed to escape through China to South Korea. Jung organizes a controversial theatre play about his experiences as a prisoner in the Yodok concentration camp in North Korea. He inspires eight other refugees to recreate the past and, despite death threats and many obstacles, the musical becomes a tour de force for this ensemble of refugees, offering them a chance to talk about their experiences and inspire others to protest against the existence of the camps.
Published:2008