[KS] Shin Sang-Ok?

[Darcy Paquet]

John Gorenfeld writes:

>For a magazine article I'm writing, I'm trying to find out more about
>the kidnapping and captivity of South Korean filmmaker Shin Sang-Ok and
>others by Kim Jong-Il in 1978.

I'm not sure that a consensus exists on exactly what happened in this
episode, and even speaking with Shin himself would probably not provide an
authoritative answer.  I've heard people assert in private that "this was
not a kidnapping," and that everything had been pre-arranged, but I've never
seen enough information to draw any informed opinions myself.  I'd also be
very interested to hear what other people know about this incident, but I'm
guessing that vague outlines of what happened are all that are publicly
available.


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Darcy Paquet
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