▁of ▁individuals . ▁Part icular ly , ▁in ▁Ch ing une un ▁me ol li ▁g ats se odo ▁( 친 구 는 ▁ 멀 리 ▁ 갔 어 도 ▁Even ▁though ▁my ▁friend ▁went ▁far ), ▁he ▁port ray s ▁how ▁a ▁soldier ▁that ▁accident ally ▁k ills ▁a ▁superior ▁officer ▁becomes ▁involved ▁in ▁a ▁fabric ated ▁defe ction ▁to ▁North ▁Korea , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁a ▁re for est ation ▁project . ▁Je ong ▁also ▁real ist ically ▁port ray s ▁violence ▁within ▁the ▁military , ▁making ▁it ▁an ▁early ▁representative ▁work ▁that ▁widely ▁spread ▁his ▁name ▁among ▁readers . ▁ ▁In ▁terms ▁of ▁works ▁after ▁the ▁ 2 0 0 0 s , ▁Je ong ▁ ▁focused ▁his ▁literary ▁interest ▁on ▁nom ad ism ▁and ▁the ▁problem ▁of ▁refuge es . ▁B rier ▁Rose ▁( 찔 레 꽃 ), ▁a ▁serial ized ▁novel , ▁is ▁about ▁North ▁Korean ▁def ectors ▁and ▁their ▁journey , ▁telling ▁the ▁process ▁of ▁escape ▁and ▁settlement . ▁It ▁real ist ically ▁port ray s ▁the ▁issue ▁of ▁division ▁concerning ▁South ▁Korean ▁society . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁ 2 0 1 0 ▁novel ▁Nak ta ▁( 낙 타 ▁The ▁Cam el ), ▁Je ong ▁ ▁port ray s ▁the ▁inner ▁side ▁of ▁a ▁protagon ist . ▁The ▁protagon ist ▁faces ▁inner ▁l onel iness ▁via ▁a ▁journey ▁through ▁the ▁G obi ▁Des ert ▁with ▁his ▁son , ▁who ▁passed ▁away ▁with ▁only ▁a ▁short ▁note . ▁Nak ta ▁( 낙 타 ▁The ▁Cam el ) ▁port