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The Aquariums of Pyongyang: Ten Years in the North Korean Gulag (Korean: 수용소의 노래), by Kang Chol-hwan and Pierre Rigoulot, is an account of the imprisonment of Kang Chol-Hwan and his family in the Yodok concentration camp in North Korea. It begins with an introduction by co-author Pierre Rigoulot describing Kang's new life in the Republic of Korea, then continues with a brief history of both North and South Korea since the Korean War in 1953.

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  • The Aquariums of Pyongyang: Ten Years in the North Korean Gulag (Korean: 수용소의 노래), by Kang Chol-hwan and Pierre Rigoulot, is an account of the imprisonment of Kang Chol-Hwan and his family in the Yodok concentration camp in North Korea. It begins with an introduction by co-author Pierre Rigoulot describing Kang's new life in the Republic of Korea, then continues with a brief history of both North and South Korea since the Korean War in 1953. The book is about a powerful family with money and material goods that has everything taken from them by the Workers' Party of Korea. Kang's family, while of Korean ethnicity, originally lived in Japan before emigrating to the DPRK at the behest of his communist grandmother. When Kang was nine years old, his grandfather was imprisoned for suspected activity against the State. Because of guilt by association (Sippenhaft), state policy was to incarcerate the immediate family of political prisoners. Kang Chol-Hwan, his grandmother, father, uncle and younger sister Miho were imprisoned at Yodok concentration camp #2915. There they suffered and viewed many atrocities over a ten year period, including disease, starvation, torturous punishments, and public executions. While in the camp, Kang met Pak Seung-zin, a member of the North Korea national football team in the 1966 FIFA World Cup. He says that Pak and other players had been imprisoned after returning from the tour. However, in the documentary film The Game of Their Lives, Pak and the other players were interviewed and they denied Kang's claim that they had been imprisoned. Following his family's release (presumably upon the death of his grandfather, the original offender against the State), Kang worked in assigned occupations before becoming at risk of again being sent to a concentration camp. The end of the book details his subsequent escape to China and his attempts to seek asylum before escaping to South Korea. The most recent publication in 2005 includes an account of his meeting with former U.S. President George W. Bush. According to Victor Cha, President Bush considered the book to be "one of the most important books he read during his presidency." Originally published in French in 2000, and translated into English in 2001 by Yair Reiner and later into Korean, it is one of the first published accounts of the North Korean prison system. (en)
  • 《수용소의 노래》는 탈북 기자 강철환이 쓴 북한의 정치범수용소 체험수기이다. 대한민국에서는 2003년 5월 초판이 발행되었으며, 2005년 개정판이 나왔다. 저자는 10년간의 요덕수용소 체험을 통해 그곳에서 자행되는 반인륜적인 인간말살의 현장을 표현해보고자 이 책을 썼다고 머리말에서 밝혔다. 이 책은 영어판 《Aquariums of Pyongyang 평양의 어항》으로 출간되어 LA 타임즈가 선정한 2002년 '올해의 책 베스트100'에 선정된바 있다. (ko)
  • 《平壤水族館:我在北韩古拉格的十年》(法語:Les aquariums de Pyongyang: dix ans au goulag nord-coréen)是一本由朝鲜出逃者姜哲煥及法國作家合撰的書籍,其法語版本於2000年首度出版,2001年先後發行英文及韓文版,2012年推出中文版。 該書記述了朝鮮勞動黨如何以強權來掠奪姜哲煥的富裕家庭之所有財產及物資,以及姜及其家人被朝鲜當局關押於耀德集中營的經歷。姜哲煥的祖父本是在日朝鮮人,在日本做了很大的生意,于1960年代左右受朝总联鼓动前往朝鲜,朝鲜政府将他们一家安置在平壤,并任命祖父为平壤商业管理局副局长。不久,姜哲煥的祖父发觉自己“受骗”,朝鲜的生活没宣传中的那样如意,因此对朝鲜体制颇有微词,继被朝鲜當局「懷疑」進行「叛國」活動而拘捕,姜哲煥也連同祖父母、父親(母親因是革命烈士之女而倖免)、叔父及妹妹被關押於耀德集中營2915號囚室。在被關的十年間,他目睹了營內多起殘暴事件。另外,該書也記載了姜哲煥出逃北韓,在中國躲避並且最終抵達韩国的經過。 該書是首部記述朝鲜監獄系統的著作,也使姜哲煥獲得美國總統喬治布殊的重視。在2005年的修訂版中,加入了姜與喬治布殊會晤的經過。 (zh)
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  • 《수용소의 노래》는 탈북 기자 강철환이 쓴 북한의 정치범수용소 체험수기이다. 대한민국에서는 2003년 5월 초판이 발행되었으며, 2005년 개정판이 나왔다. 저자는 10년간의 요덕수용소 체험을 통해 그곳에서 자행되는 반인륜적인 인간말살의 현장을 표현해보고자 이 책을 썼다고 머리말에서 밝혔다. 이 책은 영어판 《Aquariums of Pyongyang 평양의 어항》으로 출간되어 LA 타임즈가 선정한 2002년 '올해의 책 베스트100'에 선정된바 있다. (ko)
  • 《平壤水族館:我在北韩古拉格的十年》(法語:Les aquariums de Pyongyang: dix ans au goulag nord-coréen)是一本由朝鲜出逃者姜哲煥及法國作家合撰的書籍,其法語版本於2000年首度出版,2001年先後發行英文及韓文版,2012年推出中文版。 該書記述了朝鮮勞動黨如何以強權來掠奪姜哲煥的富裕家庭之所有財產及物資,以及姜及其家人被朝鲜當局關押於耀德集中營的經歷。姜哲煥的祖父本是在日朝鮮人,在日本做了很大的生意,于1960年代左右受朝总联鼓动前往朝鲜,朝鲜政府将他们一家安置在平壤,并任命祖父为平壤商业管理局副局长。不久,姜哲煥的祖父发觉自己“受骗”,朝鲜的生活没宣传中的那样如意,因此对朝鲜体制颇有微词,继被朝鲜當局「懷疑」進行「叛國」活動而拘捕,姜哲煥也連同祖父母、父親(母親因是革命烈士之女而倖免)、叔父及妹妹被關押於耀德集中營2915號囚室。在被關的十年間,他目睹了營內多起殘暴事件。另外,該書也記載了姜哲煥出逃北韓,在中國躲避並且最終抵達韩国的經過。 該書是首部記述朝鲜監獄系統的著作,也使姜哲煥獲得美國總統喬治布殊的重視。在2005年的修訂版中,加入了姜與喬治布殊會晤的經過。 (zh)
  • The Aquariums of Pyongyang: Ten Years in the North Korean Gulag (Korean: 수용소의 노래), by Kang Chol-hwan and Pierre Rigoulot, is an account of the imprisonment of Kang Chol-Hwan and his family in the Yodok concentration camp in North Korea. It begins with an introduction by co-author Pierre Rigoulot describing Kang's new life in the Republic of Korea, then continues with a brief history of both North and South Korea since the Korean War in 1953. (en)
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