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The death of dictator Kim Jong-Il has cast all eyes on North Korea, a country without literature or freedom or truth.

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. . . nobody every taught you loyalty . . .

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I am a champion standing over the shadow of my former self.

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Where we are from... [s]tories are factual. If a farmer is declared a music virtuoso by the state, everyone had better start calling him maestro. And secretly, he'd be wise to start practicing the piano. For us, the story is more important than the person. If a man and his story are in conflict, it is the man who must change.

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The urge to create a fictional narrative is a mysterious one, and when an idea comes, the writer's sense of what a story wants to be is only vaguely visible through the penumbra of inspiration.

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I thought that, with so much current attention focused on the topic of North Korea, I might share what I think are three books which cast a rare light on the elusive realm of North Korea.

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Orphans are the only ones who get to choose their fathers, and they love them twice as much.

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The darkness inside your head is something your imagination fills with stories that have nothing to do with the real darkness around you.

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I'd known that the visit would be highly scripted and that genuine interactions with citizens wouldn't be possible, since it's illegal for them to speak with foreigners. Still, I'd thought I'd had a unique look at North Korea, only to discover I was wrong.

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All the lessons you need to learn in life, he said, will be taught to you by your enemy.

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