The Aquariums of Pyongyang

Ten Years in the North Korean Gulag

By: Chol-Hwan Kang, Pierre Rigoulot

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Paperback | 1 August 2005 | Edition Number 1

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The harrowing memoir of life inside North Korea.

Amid escalating nuclear tensions, Kim Jong-un and North Korea's other leaders have kept a tight grasp on their one-party state, quashing any nascent opposition movements and sending all suspected dissidents to its brutal concentration camps for "re-education."

Kang Chol-Hwan is the first survivor of one of these camps to escape and tell his story to the world, documenting the extreme conditions in these gulags and providing a personal insight into life in North Korea. Sent to the notorious labor camp Yodok when he was nine years old, Kang for ten years observed frequent public executions and endured forced labor and near-starvation rations. In 1992, he escaped to South Korea, where he found God and now advocates for human rights in North Korea.

This record of one man's suffering gives eyewitness proof to the abuses perpetrated by the North Korean regime.

About the Authors

Kang Chol-Hwan is founder and president of the North Korea Strategy Center.

Pierre Rigoulot is a journalist, historian, and human rights activist living in Paris, France. He is the author of numerous books on the history of political repression and contributed the North Korean chapter to the bestselling The Black Book of Communism.

Industry Reviews

"The Aquariums of Pyongyang is one of the most terrifying memoirs I have ever read. As the first account to emerge from North Korea, it is destined to become a classic."--Iris Chang, author of The Rape of Nanking
"A chilling testimony.... Freezes the heart and seizes the soul."--Kirkus Reviews
"A triumph against silence."--Financial Times

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Preface for the Revised Edition	p. vii
Introduction: North Korea-the World's Last Stalinist Regime	p. xv
A Happy Childhood in Pyongyang	p. 1
Money and the Revolution Can Get Along	p. 11
Next Year in Pyongyang!	p. 21
In a Concentration Camp at the Age of Nine	p. 35
Work Group Number 10	p. 47
The Wild Boar: A Teacher Armed and Ready to Strike	p. 63
Death of a Black Champion	p. 73
Corn, Roaches, and Snake Brandy	p. 81
Death at Yodok	p. 97
The Much-Coveted Rabbits	p. 105
Madness Stalks the Prisoners	p. 119
Biweekly Criticism and Self-criticism	p. 125
Public Executions and Postmortem Stonings	p. 137
Love at Yodok	p. 145
Sojourn in the Mountain	p. 149
Ten Years in the Camp: Thank You, Kim Il-sung!	p. 155
The North Korean Paradise	p. 165
The Camp Threatens Again	p. 183
Escape to China	p. 193
Small-Time Prostitution and Big-Time Smuggling in Dalian	p. 209
Arrival in South Korea	p. 217
Adapting to a Capitalist World	p. 225
Epilogue: Pursuing Aid for North Korea	p. 235
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