Kim Yong shares his harrowing account of life in a labor camp--a
singularly despairing form of torture carried out by the secret
state. Although it is known that gulags exist in North Korea,
little information is available about their organization and
conduct, for prisoners rarely escape both incarceration and the
country alive. Long Road Home shares the remarkable story of one
such survivor, a former military official who spent six years in a
gulag and experienced firsthand the brutality of an unconscionable
regime. As a lieutenant colonel in the North Korean army, Kim Yong
enjoyed unprecedented privilege in a society that closely monitored
its citizens. He owned an imported car and drove it freely
throughout the country. He also encountered corruption at all
levels, whether among party officials or Japanese trade partners,
and took note of the illicit benefits that were awarded to some and
cruelly denied to others. When accusations of treason stripped Kim
Yong of his position, the loose distinction between those who
prosper and those who suffer under Kim Jong-il became painfully
clear. Kim Yong was thrown into a world of violence and terror,
condemned to camp No. 14 in Hamkyeong province, North Korea's most
notorious labor camp. As he worked a constant shift 2,400 feet
underground, daylight became Kim's new luxury; as the months wore
on, he became intimately acquainted with political prisoners,
subhuman camp guards, and an apocalyptic famine that killed
millions. After years of meticulous planning, and with the help of
old friends, Kim escaped and came to the United States via China,
Mongolia, and South Korea. Presented here for the first time in its
entirety, his story not only testifies to the atrocities being
committed behind North Korea's wall of silence but also illuminates
the daily struggle to maintain dignity and integrity in the face of
unbelievable hardship. Like the work of Solzhenitsyn, this rare
portrait tells a story of resilience as it reveals the dark forms
of oppression, torture, and ideological terror at work in our world
today.
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