Tears of Blood: A Korean POW's Fight for Freedom, Family, and Justice

by Young-Bok Yoo, Paul T. Kim (Translator)

On August 30, 2000, a commercial passenger jet arriving from China touched down at Gimpo International Airport in South Korea. There was nothing unusual about the plane or about the flight. What was miraculous was the seventy-year-old gentleman who walked down the ramp into the waiting arms of his family. That traveler was Mr. Young-Bok Yoo, and this was the end of his fifty-year journey through the darkness of hell into the daylight of freedom. Mr. Yoo was among 60,000 POWs who were never released by North Korea at the end of the Korean War. Unlike most of the others, he survived and he escaped. Today he fights for the repatriation of his fellow POWs who remain behind. Paul T. Kim's translation brings Mr. Yoo's saga to Western readers for the first time. More than a Korean story, it is an inspirational tale of the survival of the human spirit in the face of overwhelming sorrow and injustice. This book was sponsored by Korean War POW Affairs-USA, an NGO that advocates on behalf of Korean POWs and their families. To make additional donations to help POWs like Mr. Yoo, please

186 pages, Paperback

First published September 24, 2012

Reviews

[Jess]

After visiting the War Memorial of Korea in Seoul, I felt compelled to dive deeper into the personal histories of the Korean War.

This memoir follows the incredible true story of Yoo Young-bok, a South Korean soldier who was captured during the war and forced to spend nearly 50 years trapped in North Korea. Even after decades of hard labor and oppression, he never gave up. At 70 years old, he risked everything to escape back to South Korea just for a chance at freedom and to see his family again.

It offers a raw, firsthand look at life inside North Korea across half a century, told with honesty and heart.

[Виктория Маскалева]

cuz of study i must read this interesting book

[Raymart Jay Canoy]

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