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Survival Strategies of a Korean War Prisoner Who Chose Neutral Nations: A Study Based on Im Kwan-taik's Oral History and Documents
DC Field | Value | Language |
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dc.contributor.author | Jung, Keun Sik | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2023-12-11T01:09:35Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2023-12-11T01:09:35Z | - |
dc.date.created | 2020-11-23 | - |
dc.date.issued | 2020-10 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Journal of American-East Asian Relations, Vol.27 No.3, pp.258-281 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 1058-3947 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10371/197908 | - |
dc.description.abstract | This article reconstructs the life history of Korean War prisoner Im Kwan-taek and analyzes his strategy for survival. Im, a North Korean who forces of the United Nations Command (UNC) captured, refused repatriation to North Korea and decided to go to a neutral country. After two years in India, he finally settled in Brazil. This study examines his prisoner of war (POW) interrogation reports and the results of two oral history interviews to understand Im's experiences and survival strategies. Born in Ch'ungch'ong Province, Im grew up in southern Korea. However, in 1946, he moved to northern Korea with the support of his deceased father's comrades from the anti-Japanese movement in China. With the start of the Korean War on 25 June 1950, Im became an officer in the Korean People's Army (KPA). As a POW, he concealed his identity as much as possible to ensure his survival, and these efforts continued in neutral countries. After the Republic of Korea awarded Im's father the South Korean Patriotic Medal in 2001, his "secret survivalism" strategy relaxed and he began organizing communication and networks between surviving former POWs. | - |
dc.language | 영어 | - |
dc.publisher | Brill Academic Publishers | - |
dc.title | Survival Strategies of a Korean War Prisoner Who Chose Neutral Nations: A Study Based on Im Kwan-taik's Oral History and Documents | - |
dc.type | Article | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1163/18765610-27030004 | - |
dc.citation.journaltitle | Journal of American-East Asian Relations | - |
dc.identifier.wosid | 000583360100004 | - |
dc.identifier.scopusid | 2-s2.0-85096406598 | - |
dc.citation.endpage | 281 | - |
dc.citation.number | 3 | - |
dc.citation.startpage | 258 | - |
dc.citation.volume | 27 | - |
dc.description.isOpenAccess | N | - |
dc.contributor.affiliatedAuthor | Jung, Keun Sik | - |
dc.type.docType | Article | - |
dc.description.journalClass | 1 | - |
dc.subject.keywordAuthor | Im Kwan-taek | - |
dc.subject.keywordAuthor | POW expatriates | - |
dc.subject.keywordAuthor | oral history | - |
dc.subject.keywordAuthor | war trauma | - |
dc.subject.keywordAuthor | secret survivalism | - |
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