Voices from the Dark: A Story of a North Korean Camp Survivor
Reading of Yong Kim's story.
When: Monday, May 19, 2008, 4 p.m.
Where: HSSB 6020, UCSB.
Cost: Free
Age limit: Not available
Categories: Lectures
Description: Yong Kim, the only known prisoner to have successfully escaped the atrocious labor camp in North Korea. Accused of being the son of an American spy, Kim spent six years working in a ghastly coal mine. After months of meticulous planning, Kim escaped the camp, and with help from old friends, soon reached the border between North Korea and China. From there he went to Mongolia and eventually went to South Korea. Kim came to the United States in 2003. Kim’s stories, which will be read by UCSB students, present not only invaluable information about the violation of human rights, but also detailed ethnographic records of the North Korean people’s daily lives. His epic journey from North Korea to the United States is a dignified testament of the power of the human spirit to overcome even the darkest forms of oppression, torture, and ideological terror.
Phone: 805-893-3137
Event posted April 18, 2008
Last updated April 18, 2008
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