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My Time with North Korea's Dictator

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Article
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3cswll9
Journal
BBC
Issued Date
April 05, 2018
Page
-
Language
English(English)
Country
UNITED KINGDOM
City
-
Book
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Writer
Hwang Sok-yong

About the Author

  • Hwang Sok-yong
  • Birth : 1943 ~ -
  • Occupation : Novelist
  • First Name : Sok-yong
  • Family Name : Hwang
  • Korean Name : 황석영
  • ISNI : 0000000121322250
  • Works : 133
Descriptions - 1 Languages
  • English(English)

Hwang Sok-yong is one of Korea's most famous writers and one of the few authors whose works you can find in libraries in both North and South Korea. He's also a well-known campaigner for peace and unification between the two countries. After illegally entering North Korea in 1989, he struck up a strange friendship with the country's dictator Kim Il-sung.

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  • Chinese(汉语) Book Available
    客人
    Hwang Sok-yong et al / 황석영 / 2006
  • Chinese(汉语) Book Available
    故园
    Hwang Sok-yong et al / 황석영 / 2005
  • Chinese(汉语) Book Available
    悠悠家園
    Hwang Sok-yong et al / 황석영 / 2002

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