[KS] North Koreans in Brazil?

Sat Jul 26 20:14:53 EDT 2014

Two Koreas mark the 61st anniversary of the cease-fire on July 27th.

RE: Choi In-Hun's (최인훈, 1936-) 광장 (The Square), 1960,

Further to Aidan Foster-Carter and Marion Eggert comments, Mr. Choi
In-Hun's *T**he Square* was translated into English in 1985 by Kevin
O'Rouke and is still available at UKAmazon.com <http://amazon.com/>.

RE: The 76 Prisoners of War that chose to repatriated to India and Brazil

According to the attached U.S. Army reports, out of a total of 82,493 South
Korean and North Korean Prisoners of War, 76 (2 from the South and 74 from
the North) opted to go to the third countries rather than their country of
origin. They first went to India with the Custodial Forces of India(CFI) in
late 1953.

According to the video Brother Anthony posted, they stayed in India until
1956 and then
50 of them moved to Brazil, as cited on an entry on Chosun.com
<http://chosun.com/>, dated November 18, 2011.
At that time 18 of the ex-POWs were still living. Three of them were
Pastors.

Broter Anthony's video:
http://www.britishpathe.com/video/korean-ex-pows-move-to-brazil

Chosun.com article in Korean:
http://news.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2011/11/18/2011111800164.html

Regards,

Yoo Kwang-On

On Thu, Jul 24, 2014 at 5:09 AM, Stanley Underdal <stanleyju at hotmail.com>
wrote:

> Another possible novel might be War Trash by Ha Jin.  This novel focused
> primarily on the Chinese prisoners on Koje-do and described the selection
> process for those who wanted to go back to China or to a third country.
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> Repectfully,
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> --Stanley Underdal
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> *From:* Koreanstudies [mailto:koreanstudies-bounces at koreanstudies.com] *On
> Behalf Of *John Eperjesi
> *Sent:* Thursday, July 24, 2014 4:58 AM
> *To:* Korean Studies Discussion List
> *Subject:* Re: [KS] North Koreans in Brazil?
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> Thank you all, very helpful!
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> On Thu, Jul 24, 2014 at 5:49 PM, Marion Eggert <marion.eggert at rub.de>
> wrote:
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> Dear Aidan,
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> The novel you have in mind must be The Square (Kwangjang) by Ch'oe Inhun.
> The protagonist, originally an inhabitant of the South who went north
> before the war and ended up as North Korean POW, is on a ship to India at
> the beginning of the novel, but he never arrives there, chosing death in
> the ocean instead.
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> Regards,
> Marion
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> Am 24.07.2014 08:32, schrieb Afostercarter at aol.com:
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> Dear all,
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> Paul Yoon is not the first writer to make fiction of this particular
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> tragic twist in the Korean War tale: those POWs who chose to
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> emigrate rather than live in either half of their divided country.
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> 20 years ago or more, a Korean novel explored the same terrain,
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> somewhat allegorically. There, the protagonist ended up in India.
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> This book was translated into English. I bought and read it, but I
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> can't now find it; nor alas do I recall either the author or the title.
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> I'm sure Brother Anthony and many others can supply those.
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> Just call me
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> Amnesiac in Angleterre
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> *Aidan Foster-Carter*
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> *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:
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> A news movie of North Korean moving to Brazil can be seen at
> http://www.britishpathe.com/video/korean-ex-pows-move-to-brazil
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> 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:
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> 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."
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> After the war, rather than be repatriated, he is given the chance to move
> to Brazil, which he does.
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> 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?
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> Much thanks in advance,
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> John
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> --
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> Prof. Dr. Marion Eggert
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> Ruhr-Universität Bochum
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> Sprache und Kultur Koreas
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> GB 1/46
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> D-44780 Bochum
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