It has been greater than six many years since Eiko Kawasaki left Japan to start a brand new life in North Korea. Then 17, she was amongst tens of 1000’s of individuals with Korean heritage who had been lured to the communist state by the promise of a “paradise on Earth”.
As an alternative, they encountered one thing nearer to a dwelling hell. They have been denied primary human rights and compelled to endure excessive hardship. Official guarantees of free schooling and healthcare plus assured jobs and housing had been a merciless mirage. And to their horror, they have been prevented from travelling to Japan to go to the households that they had left behind.
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