This is the third part of a three-part series by Andrei Lankov on how Zainichi Koreans shaped the history of the DPRK. You can read part one here and part two here.
It looked like a complete disaster: the Zainichi Koreans were told tall tales about North Korea’s prosperity, but immediately after their arrival they discovered themselves to be in a very poor country, at the mercy of a highly repressive regime, and with little, if any, chances of ever going back. The journey to paradise had become a journey to hell.
This is the third part of a three-part series by Andrei Lankov on how Zainichi Koreans shaped the history of the DPRK. You can read part one here and part two here.
It looked like a complete disaster: the Zainichi Koreans were told tall tales about North Korea’s prosperity, but immediately after their arrival they discovered themselves to be in a very poor country, at the mercy of a highly repressive regime, and with little, if any, chances of ever going back. The journey to paradise had become a journey to hell.
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