North Korean Abductions of Japanese Citizens - in Fiction

In Fiction

The protagonist of the novel The Orphan Master's Son spends several years during the early part of the book helping with and organising abductions of Japanese to North Korea. These abductions and some of their victims remain an important secondary theme for the rest of the book.

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