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Book Review: A Look Inside a Secretive North Korea

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Jul 05, 2014
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Jang Jin-sung’s run to freedom started when he turned his face to the sunlight. Jang originally penned pro-North Korean propaganda in the Communist Party's United Front Department (UFD) in Pyongyang to attempt influence public opinion in South Korea.

Jang's position as poet and propagandist gave him access to South Korean publications no common citizen o…

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