<div dir="ltr">This has been an interesting discussion on Korean POWs being sent to neutral countries after the Korean War. I believe that the movie JSA (Joint Security Area) built on this by making the female major assigned to investigate the incident at the DMZ a product of one North Korean who was sent to somewhere in South America where he met a Swiss (I believe) lady who brought him back to Switzerland. The movie offers some statistics on the number of Koreans who accepted this option, though they would have to be verified.<div>
<br></div><div>Mark Caprio</div><div>Rikkyo University</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2014-07-23 19:09 GMT-04:00 John Eperjesi <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:john.eperjesi@gmail.com" target="_blank">john.eperjesi@gmail.com</a>></span>:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">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-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">After the war, rather than be repatriated, he is given the chance to move to Brazil, which he does.</div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">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-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Much thanks in advance,</div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">John</div></div>
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