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A River in Darkness

  • Writer: Michael Connolly
    Michael Connolly
  • Oct 29
  • 1 min read

A River in Darkness by Masaji Ishikawa: One Man's Escape from North Korea, Translated by Risa Kobayashi and Martin Brown., Amazon Crossing, 2017.


Origins

His mother was Japanese and his father was Korean. His orean name wa Do Chan-sun and his Japanese name was Masaji Ishikawa. He grew up poor in Japan., Family moved to North Korea to escape poverty in 1960. Later crossed the Yalu River to escape North Korea.

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