The famous defector-activist who admitted changing his story about a North Korean gulag said Sunday that he will carry on with his activism, and the best-selling book based on his story will get a new edition.
"One of the biggest mistakes I've ever made was hiding the details of my dreadful past from you all and keeping parts of it a secret from the world," Shin Dong-hyuk said in his Facebook post.
The famous defector-activist who admitted changing his story about a North Korean gulag said Sunday that he will carry on with his activism, and the best-selling book based on his story will get a new edition.
"One of the biggest mistakes I've ever made was hiding the details of my dreadful past from you all and keeping parts of it a secret from the world," Shin Dong-hyuk said in his Facebook post.
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