Kim jong jin biography books

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  • Riveting memoir that offers a rare glimpse into the inner workings of North Korea's regime under Kim Jong-il.
  • Kim Joa-jin (aka “Baekya”), an anarchist military leader sometimes compared to Nestor Makhno, is largely remembered as a Korean patriot.

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    Jang Jin-Sung

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    A searing true story that takes the reader to some of the most frightening places on earth...utterly compelling...real lyricism...As an historical document, this is an enormously important book that deserves the ...

    The Times

    Extraordinary...exciting...A rare portrait of life and death in North Korea...This year a United Nations commission of enquiry found that the Kim regime has committed crimes against humanity. The commission warne ...

    Sunday Times

    As one of the most prominent North Koreans in exile in South Korea, Jang Jin-sung is eminently placed to interpret North Korea...His memoirs change the way we look at the country...they offer a radically differen ...

    Remco Breuker, Professor of Korean Studies, University of Leiden

    A searing true story that takes the reader to some of the most frightening places on earth...utterly compelling...real lyricism...As an historical document, this is an enormously important book that

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    Kim Jung Gi

    South Korean illustrator (1975–2022)

    Not to be confused with Kim Gi-jung or Kim Jung-gil.

    In this Korean name, the family name is Kim.

    Kim Jung Gi (legally Kim Jung Ki;[1]Korean: 김정기; Hanja: 金政基; 7 February 1975 – 3 October 2022) was a South Korean illustrator, cartoonist, and manhwa artist. He was famous for his large, highly detailed illustrations, often drawn only from memory.

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    Early life

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    Kim was born in 1975 in Goyang,[2][3] a suburb of Seoul. He was inspired to begin drawing after viewing an illustration from Dr. Slump, a manga drawn bygd Akira Toriyama. In school, his teachers often chastised him for not paying attention, as he was busy doodling in his notes.[4]

    At the age of 19, he pursued a fine arts education at Dong-Eui University, located in Busan:[3][5] until he studied here he had not learned the mathematical principles of perspective,

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    Dear Leader

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    Dear Leader contains astonishing new insights about North Korea which could only be revealed by someone working high up in the regime. It is also the gripping story of how a member of the inner circle of this enigmatic country became its most courageous, outspoken critic.

    Jang Jin-sung held one of the most senior ranks in North Korea's propaganda machine, helping tighten the regime's grip over its people. Among his tasks were developing the founding myth of North Korea, posing undercover as a South Korean intellectual and writing epic poems in support of the dictator, Kim Jong-il.

    Young and ambitious, his patriotic work secured him a bizarre audience with Kim Jong-il himself, thus granting him special status as one of the 'Admitted'. This meant special food provisions, a travel pass and immunity from prosecution and harm. He was privy to state secrets, including military and diplomatic policies, how the devastating 'Scrutiny'

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