[KS] North Koreans in Brazil?

[John Eperjesi]

Thank you all, very helpful!


On Thu, Jul 24, 2014 at 5:49 PM, Marion Eggert <marion.eggert at rub.de> wrote:

>  Dear Aidan,
>
> The novel you have in mind must be The Square (Kwangjang) by Ch'oe Inhun.
> The protagonist, originally an inhabitant of the South who went north
> before the war and ended up as North Korean POW, is on a ship to India at
> the beginning of the novel, but he never arrives there, chosing death in
> the ocean instead.
>
> Regards,
> Marion
>
> Am 24.07.2014 08:32, schrieb Afostercarter at aol.com:
>
>  Dear all,
>
> Paul Yoon is not the first writer to make fiction of this particular
> tragic twist in the Korean War tale: those POWs who chose to
> emigrate rather than live in either half of their divided country.
>
> 20 years ago or more, a Korean novel explored the same terrain,
> somewhat allegorically. There, the protagonist ended up in India.
>
> This book was translated into English. I bought and read it, but I
> can't now find it; nor alas do I recall either the author or the title.
> I'm sure Brother Anthony and many others can supply those.
>
> Just call me
> Amnesiac in Angleterre
>
>
> *Aidan Foster-Carter*
>
> *Honorary Senior Research Fellow in Sociology & Modern Korea, Leeds
> University, UK*
>
> _________________________
>
> In a message dated 24/07/2014 03:14:10 GMT Daylight Time,
> ansonjae at sogang.ac.kr writes:
>
> The fate of (North Korean or Chinese) prisoners of war (many in the camp
> in Geoje-do) was one of the main issues that kept the armistice
> negociations stalled for 2 years, with the particular question of what to
> do about those who did not wish to be repatriated _or_ integrated into
> South Korea . Finally the UN set up the Neutral Nations Supervisory
> Commission in Korea, their freedom of choice was repected and they were
> given the option of going to live in a third nation. The term "neutral
> nations" was defined as those nations whose combat forces did not
> participate in the hostilities in Korea. The United Nations Command chose
> Switzerland and Sweden, while the Korean People's Army and Chinese People's
> Volunteers chose Czechoslovakia and Poland.
>
> Korean prisoners of war wishing to live in a third country were shipped by
> the United Nations to India, Brazil, and Argentina in the year leading up
> to the 1954 Geneva Conference on Korea and Indochina.
>
> A news movie of North Korean moving to Brazil can be seen at
> http://www.britishpathe.com/video/korean-ex-pows-move-to-brazil
>
> Brother Anthony
> President, RASKB etc
>
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>  _____________________________
>
>  In a message dated 24/07/2014 01:34:58 GMT Daylight Time,
> john.eperjesi at gmail.com writes:
>
> In Korean American writer Paul Yoon's new Korean War novel "Snow Hunters,"
> a North Korean soldier spends two years in  POW camp "near the southern
> coast" of South Korea, "near an airbase."
>
>  After the war, rather than be repatriated, he is given the chance to
> move to Brazil, which he does.
>
>  Can anyone help with materials than can develop the historical context
> for the POW camp and/or North Korean migration to Brazil after the war?
>
>  Much thanks in advance,
> John
>
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> --
> Prof. Dr. Marion Eggert
> Ruhr-Universität Bochum
> Sprache und Kultur Koreas
> GB 1/46
> D-44780 Bochum
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