Korea Club with Jang Jin-sung

Tuesday | February 3, 2015
6:30 pm–9:00 pm
 

Separate and Divisible:
North Korea's Leader and the North Korean People
 

Guest Speaker:

Jang Jin-sung
North Korean Defector
Editor-in-Chief of New Focus International
Author of Dear Leader: Poet, Spy, Escapee – A Look Inside North Korea

Woo Lae Oak Korean Restaurant
8240 Leesburg Pike
Vienna, VA 22182

The Korea Club met on Tuesday, February 3, 2015 and featured Jang Jin-sung who will give a presentation entitled “Separate and Divisible: North Korea's Leader and the North Korean People“.

Jang Jin-sung was a propaganda poet for North Korean leader Kim Jong-il. Since leaving the country, he has become a bestselling author. He has been awarded the Rex Warner Literary Prize and read his poetry at London’s Cultural Olympiad in 2012. He now lives in South Korea and is editor-in-chief of New Focus International, an authoritative website reporting on North Korea.

Korea Club Directors

Jim Kelman (KUSCO)         Greg Scarlatoiu (HRNK)          Linda Butcher (KEI)
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