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<DIV><FONT size=4>Dear all,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>Paul Yoon is not the first writer to make fiction of this
particular</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>tragic twist in the Korean War tale: those POWs who chose
to</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>emigrate rather than live in either half of their divided
country.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>20 years ago or more, a Korean novel explored the
same terrain,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>somewhat allegorically. There, the protagonist ended up
in India.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>This book was translated into English. I bought and read it,
but I </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>can't now find it; nor alas do I recall either the author or
the title.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>I'm sure Brother Anthony and many others can supply
those.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>Just call me</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>Amnesiac in Angleterre</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4></FONT> </DIV>
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style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Cambria; COLOR: black"><FONT size=3>Aidan
Foster-Carter<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></B></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Cambria; COLOR: black"><FONT size=3>Honorary Senior Research
Fellow in Sociology & Modern <st1:country-region
w:st="on">Korea</st1:country-region>, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Leeds University</st1:City>, <st1:country-region
w:st="on">UK</st1:country-region></st1:place></FONT></SPAN></I><SPAN lang=EN-US
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<DIV><FONT size=4>_________________________</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV>In a message dated 24/07/2014 03:14:10 GMT Daylight Time,
ansonjae@sogang.ac.kr writes:</DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" color=#000000 size=2 face=Arial>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.<BR><BR>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.<BR><BR>A news movie of North Korean moving
to Brazil can be seen at
http://www.britishpathe.com/video/korean-ex-pows-move-to-brazil
<BR><BR>Brother Anthony<BR>President, RASKB etc<BR><BR></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<DIV>
<DIV>In a message dated 24/07/2014 01:34:58 GMT Daylight Time,
john.eperjesi@gmail.com writes:</DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: arial,sans-serif">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."</SPAN>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: arial,sans-serif"><BR></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: arial,sans-serif">After the war,
rather than be repatriated, he is given the chance to move to Brazil, which he
does.</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: arial,sans-serif"><BR></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: arial,sans-serif">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?</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: arial,sans-serif"><BR></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: arial,sans-serif">Much thanks in
advance,</DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: arial,sans-serif">John</DIV></DIV></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV></DIV>
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