Kang Chol-Hwan’s Followers (54)

Kang Chol-Hwan

Born

in Pyongyang, Korea, Democratic People's Republic of

September 18, 1968

Genre

Memoir

edit data

Kang Chol-Hwan (강철환) is a North Korean defector and author. As a child, he was imprisoned in the Yodok concentration camp for 10 years. After his release he fled the country, first to China and eventually to South Korea. He is the author, with Pierre Rigoulot, of The Aquariums of Pyongyang and worked as a staff writer specialized in North Korean affairs for The Chosun Ilbo. He is the founder and president of the North Korea Strategy Center.

Source: wikipedia ...more

Combine Editions
Kang Chol-Hwan’s books

Average rating: 4.1 · 10,656 ratings · 810 reviews · 3 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Aquariums of Pyongyang: Ten Years in the North Korean Gulag by Kang Chol-Hwan, Pierre Rigoulot, Yair Reiner (Translator) 4.11 avg rating — 11,286 ratings — published 2000	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Camps of song 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Aquariums Of Pyongyang: Ten Years In The North Korean Gulag by Kang Chol-Hwan, Pierre Rigoulot, Yair Reiner (translator) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

* Note: these are all the books on Goodreads for this author. To add more, click here.

Quotes by Kang Chol-Hwan (?)

“People who are hungry don't have the heart to think about others. Sometimes they can't even care for their own family. Hunger quashes man's will to help his fellow man. I've seen fathers steal food from their own children's lunchboxes. As they scarf down the corn they have only one overpowering desire: to placate, if even for just one moment, that feeling of insufferable need.”
― Chol-Hwan Kang, The Aquariums of Pyongyang: Ten Years in the North Korean Gulag

11 likes

“Hunger quashes man's will to help his fellow man.”
― Kang Chol-Hwan, The Aquariums of Pyongyang: Ten Years in the North Korean Gulag

tags: hunger, north-korea, people, poverty, society

5 likes

“At the time, I remained relatively calm before that spectacle of horrors, which is perhaps the most telling indication of just how desensitized I had become. The more I witnessed such atrocities and rubbed shoulders with death, the more I desired to stay alive, no matter the cost.”
― Kang Chol-Hwan, The Aquariums of Pyongyang: Ten Years in the North Korean Gulag

tags: death, north-korea, numbness, struggle, suffering

4 likes

See all Kang Chol-Hwan's quotes »

Topics Mentioning This Author

topics	posts	views	last activity
Around the World: Kristen's list	11	198	Oct 29, 2011 05:33PM
What can we do to help?	26	294	Jun 18, 2014 03:17AM
The Seasonal Read...: Fall Challenge 2015: Completed Tasks (DO NOT DELETE POSTS)	3254	595	Nov 30, 2015 09:01PM
UK Book Club: Ged's Around the World in 80 Books.	17	142	Feb 22, 2016 08:48AM
A Million More Pages: What a Drag!	37	124	Sep 02, 2019 05:03PM
Catching up on Cl...: December Reading Plans	30	62	Dec 26, 2019 05:22PM
WACKY READING CHA...: 19X19 Challenge	289	167	Dec 07, 2020 07:24AM
Ultimate Popsugar...: Post your 2020 reading list!	882	5009	Apr 07, 2021 08:39PM
Catching up on Cl...: What's everyone reading right now?	8030	3208	Jun 16, 2021 08:32AM

More…

Is this you? Let us know. If not, help out and invite Kang to Goodreads.

Kang Chol-Hwan’s Followers (54)

Kang Chol-Hwan

Combine EditionsKang Chol-Hwan’s books

Topics Mentioning This Author

Combine Editions
Kang Chol-Hwan’s books