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Long Road Home
Testimony of a North Korean Camp Survivor
By
Kim Yong, Suk-Young Kim
Narrated by Adam Sims
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7h 31m
About this audiobook
Kim Yong shares his harrowing account of life in a labor campa singularly despairing form of torture carried out by the secret state. Although it is known that gulags exist in North Korea, little information is available about their organization and conduct, for prisoners rarely escape both incarceration and the country alive. Long Road Home shares the remarkable story of one such survivor, a former military official who spent six years in a gulag and experienced firsthand the brutality of an unconscionable regime. As a lieutenant colonel in the North Korean army, Kim Yong enjoyed unprecedented privilege in a society that closely monitored its citizens. He owned an imported car and drove it freely throughout the country. He also encountered corruption at all levels, whether among party officials or Japanese trade partners, and took note of the illicit benefits that were awarded to some and cruelly denied to others. Copyright © 2009 Columbia University Press. Published by arrangement with Columbia University Press.
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Audiobook details
Genre
Biography and Memoir
Length
7 hrs 31 mins
Narrated by
Adam Sims
Format
Audiobook
Publish date
Apr 5, 2026
Language
English
Table of contents
1
Chapter 1
8
Chapter 8
2
Chapter 2
9
Chapter 9
3
Chapter 3
10
Chapter 10
4
Chapter 4
11
Chapter 11
5
Chapter 5
12
Chapter 12
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Chapter 6
13
Chapter 13
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Chapter 7
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