[KS] North Koreans in Brazil?

[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
 
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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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