Kim il Sung and Korea's Struggle: An Unconventional Firsthand History

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In this memoir, Sohn, a retired physician and professor now living in Omaha, recalls his friendship with North Korean president Kim Il Sung from their boyhood until President Kim's sudden death in 1994. B&w personal and historical photos are included. Annotation ©2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
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In this memoir, Sohn, a retired physician and professor now living in Omaha, recalls his friendship with North Korean president Kim Il Sung from their boyhood until President Kim's sudden death in 1994. B&w personal and historical photos are included. Annotation ©2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780786415892
  • Publisher: McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
  • Publication date: 7/28/2003
  • Pages: 248
  • Product dimensions: 5.80 (w) x 8.90 (h) x 0.60 (d)

Table of Contents

Foreword 1
Foreword 5
Preface 11
Introduction 15
Pt. I My First Relationship with President Kim Il Sung
1 My Childhood 21
2 My Father, and Reverend Sohn Jong Do 28
3 Jilin, China 42
4 The Association of Korean Children in Jilin 51
5 My Thoughts on the Soul of the Nation 58
6 An Unfading Picture in My Mind 66
7 A Campaign to Get Ahn Chang Ho Released from Detention 71
Pt. II Hearing the Legendary Tales of General Kim Il Sung
8 The Crossroads of Our Lives 81
9 An Article Carried in the Shanghai Dagongbao 89
10 In the Nagasaki Prison 97
11 Love Overcomes My Depression 103
12 To Testify to the Truth of History 110
13 The Road to Pyongyang 120
Pt. III My Reunion with President Kim Il Sung
14 "Where Have You Been Only to Come Now?" 131
15 With the Mind of My Own Brother 138
16 A "White House" on the Mountain 152
17 For the Benefit of the People 159
18 Applying the Truth of Independence to Practice 165
19 Genuine Patriotism 174
20 A Noble and Clean Country 181
21 Unchanged Friendship 188
22 On the River Taedong 193
Pt. IV President Kim Il Sung Is Immortal
23 Overcome with Shock by Unexpected News 205
24 My 80th Birthday Celebrated in Pyongyang 211
25 Leader Kim Jong Il 218
26 For Eternal Friendship 224
27 My Brother, Won Yil, Is Memorialized 232
Index 237
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