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I am a writer based in Berlin and am writing a book on a Viennese friend's grandfather who was a Korean freedom fighter and lived in exile in Paris for 27 years: Seo Yeong-hae.
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My question: From 1948 to 1956/57 Seo (who had Chinese citizenship) was forced to stay on Shanghai (while on his way to Paris with his Korean wife). His wife returned to South Korea. In 1956/57 Seo went to North Korea and nothing has been heard from him since. During his period in Shanghai (where he taught at a Korean school) Seo had no communication whatsoever with his wife who was a school teacher in Busan. I would like to know whether there was any possibility of exchanging letters between Shanghai and South Korea between 1948 and 1957, i.e. whether Seo's non-communication was due to the political situation between the two countries or whether he refused to communicate for personal reasons.
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Thank you very much for your help.
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Erica Fischer, Berlin.
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