Every falling star by sungju lee6/10/2023 Soon a broker helps him escape into China where he met his father and they flew to South Korea.This was a stark and honest look at life in this secretive and isolated country. Four and half years later, after living in abysmal conditions, he ran into his grandfather. Left with nothing but salt to eat, he turned to stealing at the market and eventually creating a gang of kotjebi, street boys. When their savings dwindled and work hours were cut, it became imperative the father to go to China to try and make some money (promising to return) and then the mother went to her sister's (promising to return) leaving Sungju alone. Attending school there was a real eye-opener as Sungju's classmates had little or nothing to eat for lunch and most of the education centered on the lives of their country's leaders. Under Kim Jong-il, however, things changed and the family was forced to move to a city called Gyeong-seong where the parents took jobs doing menial work. Sungju's family lived in the capital city Pyongyang where his father was a respected member of the military under Kim Il-sung. and achieved remarkable success in education, the author still cannot use his real name for fear of retaliation of any family members left behind. Even though he has escaped North Korea and settled in the U.S.
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