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Out of the Darkness: An interview with Melanie Kirkpatrick on “Escape from North Korea”

Posted on January 28, 2013 by leslie patrick — No Comments ↓

by Leslie Patrick –South Korea– Standing at the 38th parallel that divides the two Koreas is a surreal experience. On the southern side, buses of foreign tourists on day trips from nearby Seoul buy postcards and gawk across barbed wire…

Korean Comfort Women Fight Back

Posted on November 19, 2012 by leslie patrick — 19 Comments ↓

by Leslie Patrick –South Korea– She smiles brightly as she pushes her walker past me on the garden path. Though her eyes have turned milky with cataracts and age, her gaze is bright. She is tired of fighting. I am…

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