The Aquariums of Pyongyang: Ten Years in the North Korean Gulag

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Basic Books, Aug 24, 2005 - History - 272 pages
Part horror story, part historical document, part memoir, part political tract, one man's suffering gives eyewitness proof to an ongoing sorrowful chapter of modern history.
 

Contents

1 A Happy Childhood in Pyongyang
1
2 Money and the Revolution Can Get Along
11
3 Next Year in Pyongyang
21
4 In a Concentration Camp at the Age of Nine
35
5 Work Group Number 10
47
A Teacher Armed and Ready to Strike
63
7 Death of a Black Champion
73
8 Corn Roaches and Snake Brandy
81
13 Public Executions and Postmortem Stonings
137
14 Love at Yodok
145
15 Sojourn in the Mountain
149
Thank You Kim Ilsung
155
Untitled
165
18 The Camp Threatens Again
183
19 Escape to China
193
20 SmallTime Prostitution and BigTime Smuggling in Dalian
209

9 Death at Yodok
97
10 The MuchCoveted Rabbits
105
11 Madness Stalks the Prisoners
119
12 Biweekly Criticism and SelfCriticism
125
21 Arrival in South Korea
217
22 Adapting to a Capitalist World
225
Epilogue Pursuing Aid for North Korea
235
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Aquariums of Pyongyang: Ten Years in the North Korean Gulag
Chol-hwan Kang,Pierre Rigoulot
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Kang Chol-hwan,Pierre Rigoulot
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About the author (2005)

Kang Chol-hwan lives and works in Seoul, where he is a staff writer for Chosun Ilbo, a daily newspaper in South Korea. Pierre Rigoulot is a journalist, historian, and human rights activist living in Paris, France. He is the author of numerous books on the history of political repression and contributed the North Korean chapter to the best-selling The Black Book of Communism (Harvard University Press).

Bibliographic information

TitleThe Aquariums of Pyongyang: Ten Years in the North Korean Gulag
AuthorsChol-hwan Kang, Pierre Rigoulot
Editionillustrated, reprint, revised
PublisherBasic Books, 2005
ISBN0465011047, 9780465011049
Length272 pages
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Biography & Autobiography / Historical
History / Asia / Korea
  
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