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Dear Leader

My Escape from North Korea

by Jang JinSung

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Recommended by 1 source and appears in North Korea, About Korea, and Politics.

In this rare insider's view into contemporary North Korea, a highranking counterintelligence agent describes his life as a former poet laureate to Kim Jongil and his breathtaking escape to freedom."The General will now enter the room."Everyone turns to stone. Not moving my head, I direct my eyes to a point halfway up the archway where Kim Jongil...

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Recommended by 1 source and appears in North Korea, About Korea, and Politics.

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