Title: A First Person Account of Life in a North Korean Labor Camp
Product review: This is a well written, first person account of life of a North Korean (DPRK) boy who grew up as the son of ethnic Koreans who moved to North Korea from Japan after World War II. The boy's grandfather makes an unknown mistake and the entire family is condemned to life at Yodok - a DPRK re-education or work camp. The grim stories of this young man struggling to survive and while surrounded by death and suffering gives the reader a first hand account of North Korean-style communism.The author, since his escape, has studied and become a journalist in South Korea, writing for the Choson Ilbo newspaper. You can find some fragments of this book in a few of his articles.I recommend this book for readers, students, and researchers interested in North Korea, human rights, communist ideology, history, or government. It may also be of interest to ethnic Koreans living outside Korea to understand the conditions of life in North Korea.
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