The Aquariums of Pyongyang: Ten Years in the North Korean Gulag By Kang Chol-Hwan,Pierre Rigoulot

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'I beseech you to read this account' - Christopher HitchensA magnificent, harrowing testimony to the voiceless victims of North Korea.Kang Chol-Hwan is the first survivor of a North Korean concentration camp to escape the 'hermit kingdom' and tell his story to the world. This memoir reveals the human suffering in his camp, with its forced labour, frequent public executions and near-starvation rations. Kang eventually escaped to South Korea via China to give testimony to the hardships and atrocities that constitute the lives of the thousands of people still detained in the gulags today. Part horror story, part historical document, part memoir, part political tract, this story of one young man's personal suffering finally gives eye-witness proof to this neglected chapter of modern history.

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With this book the tally of books about North Korea I've read must be nearing a dozen and I have many more in my TBR stack. What keeps me reading is the near disbelief that a country in the 21st century can be so paranoid beyond belief and that the people of North Korea live with a complete disregard for human rights that are violated on a daily basis. They are poor, often sick and malnourished. That the Communist regime under which they live keeps everyone under surveillance must make for a life of uneasiness. The author of The Aquariums of Pyongyang spent 10 years in a prison camp before escaping with a friend to China and then on to South Korea. Without rampant bribery with goods and cash he would have found it much harder to make it out. Whether the Dear Leader, at the time Kim Jung-Il, liked it or not, if cash was available it could buy goods on the black market.Kang Chol-hwan and his family were sent to a prison camp by association with his grandfather who disappeared and was put in a camp for making statements against the regime. The rest of the family had done nothing wrong but they were sent to a camp after enjoying a wealthy life in Japan. They moved to North Korea at the grandmother's urging because she was a big believer in Communism, and at first they were moved into luxurious housing in Pyongyang. When they were in the camp it is hard to believe that any of them survived. I couldn't help but think about those people and especially Kang Chol-hwan when I went out this evening. It was 29 degrees F and I recall reading that the children worked outside as long as the temperature didn't go below -13 degrees F.This book will open eyes to the strangest country and the most isolated country in the world, but it is inevitably going to crack one day and hopefully the people can join the rest of the world who will hopefully have compassion for them.

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