Tears of Blood

Introduction
Acknowledgments
Preface
Map of Korea
Photo of Young-Bok, circa 1952
1 The Beginning of a Bleak Future
2 North Korean Soldier
3 My First Escape
4 Koje-Do Prisoner-of-War Camp
5 Reunion
6 ROK
7 Captured
8 Exile
9 The Politics of Mining
10 Survival
11 Tearful Reunion
12 Matchmaking
13 Settling Down
14 TB
15 A Death in the Family
16 Trying to Become a Party Member
17 Accomplished Surveyor
18 Adoption
19 July 4th, 1972
20 Juche
21 Pressure
22 Recognition
23 Retirement
24 Starvation
25 Emptiness
26 The Death of Kim Il-Sung
27 What Went Wrong in North Korea?
28 Mortal Struggle
29 Summit
30 Crossroads
31 Escape
32 Escape from China
33 Homecoming
34 Father
35 On Repatriation
36 They Lived in Hell
37 Stories
Appendix A: Independent Evidence for the Existence of South Korean POWs
Appendix B: The POW Construction Brigades