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Summary: Reads Like a Novel
Review: Hyun Hee Kim's training as a paramilitary agent reads like a spy novel, and if true, provides an interesting view into the Orwellian world of North Korea.Her training in sabotage, foreign language, and intelligence tradecraft are detailed, as is her deprogramming in South Korea after she was caught blowing up a civilian airliner in the 1980s. Some have speculated as to how reliable her account is, but I found myself not caring about this question, though it's an important one. The book is an exciting and quick read that will keep you engaged until the end.
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Summary: Unusual Insight On North Korean Terror Operations
Review: North Korea is undoubtedly the most terror-oriented country in the world today -- both for it's own people and the world at large. This book is a stark exposure of that system.
Miss Kim and a much older agent, posing as her father, successfully bombed a South Korean airliner, killing all on board. As they were about to be arrested, her partner committed suicide with a cyanide pill. With his last words he told her how terrible he felt for her, "...I am old, my life is over...but you..."
As it turned out, this was just the start of another bizarre twist in her strange journey. From a young, innocent girl, to highly trained killer, to notorious celebrity in South Korea, this book tells her incredible story.
Written with assistance from the KCIA -- several years after a reprieve from a death sentence for mass murder -- this book is yet another damning expose of the North Korean regime. It traces her intensive training and indoctrination at various secret North Korean facilities, the terror-bombing of a South Korean airliner, and, eventually, her celebrity status in South Korea (Miss Kim received hundreds of marriage proposals after going public). Particularly insightful is her deprogramming in South Korea after her capture and her reactions to the new world she would now live in.
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Summary: Unusual Insight On North Korean Terror Operations
Review: North Korea is undoubtedly the most terror-oriented country in the world today -- both for it's own people and the world at large. This book is a stark exposure of that system.
Miss Kim and a much older agent, posing as her father, successfully bombed a South Korean airliner, killing all on board. As they were about to be arrested, her partner committed suicide with a cyanide pill. With his last words he told her how terrible he felt for her, "...I am old, my life is over...but you..."
As it turned out, this was just the start of another bizarre twist in her strange journey. From a young, innocent girl, to highly trained killer, to notorious celebrity in South Korea, this book tells her incredible story.
Written with assistance from the KCIA -- several years after a reprieve from a death sentence for mass murder -- this book is yet another damning expose of the North Korean regime. It traces her intensive training and indoctrination at various secret North Korean facilities, the terror-bombing of a South Korean airliner, and, eventually, her celebrity status in South Korea (Miss Kim received hundreds of marriage proposals after going public). Particularly insightful is her deprogramming in South Korea after her capture and her reactions to the new world she would now live in.
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Summary: Where is the movie?
Review: This book reads like a piece of fiction. It is crazy to believe that it is true. I enjoyed every page of this book and believe that it should be read in high schools.
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Summary: Where is the movie?
Review: This book reads like a piece of fiction. It is crazy to believe that it is true. I enjoyed every page of this book and believe that it should be read in high schools.
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