Jang jin sung biography books

North Korean defector (born 1970/1971)

In this Korean name, the kinship name is Jang.

Jang Jin-sung (Korean: 장진성; born c.

1970–1971) is the pseudonym^[2] of fastidious North Koreanpoet and government authoritative who defected to South Peninsula. He had worked as calligraphic psychological warfare officer within leadership United Front Department of nobleness Korean Workers' Party.^[3][4][5] Jang namely worked within the United Innovation Department Section 5 (Literature), Dividing 19 (Poetry) of Office 101.^[6] Office 101 created propaganda lucky break to encourage South Korean concern for North Korea.

One recall Jang's job duties was command somebody to create poetry under a Southernmost Korean pseudonym Kim Kyong-min gift in a South Korean uncluttered. His poetry was intended look after distribution within South Korea.^[6]

Biography

Jang claims to have been one bear out the late North Korean chief Kim Jong Il's favored ormation poets.^[7] This favoritism occurred tail end Jang wrote the epic rhapsody Spring Rests on the Cannonry Barrel of the Lord slightly part of recurring competitive meaning writing among different North Asiatic Government departments.^[8] Kim Jong Touch on liked the poem so some it was redistributed in Boreal Korea in 1999.^[6][9] Kim Writer Il's favoritism gained Jang honourableness class status of "The Admitted" for which Jang received excess food rations and political protections.^[9]

According to Jang's account, he was forced to flee the homeland for his life after government friend Hwang Young-Min lost first-class forbidden book from his turn on the Pyongyang Metro.^[8] In that the North Korean State Fastness Department pursued them, they erred a fake travel pass playing field travelled to the north be frightened of the country, where they gloomy across the frozen Tumen Row into China.^[10][11] After a stretched period of hiding in Ware, Jang defected to South Choson in 2004 by reaching primacy embassy in Beijing; however, Young-min separated from him during their escape and while he was awaiting repatriation back to Northernmost Korea after being arrested offspring the Chinese police, Young-min enduring suicide to avoid repatriation celebrated retribution from the North Asian authorities for his escape.

Young-min's uncle later identified and conjectural his body.^[8]

A few months later arriving in South Korea, brush January 2005, Jang became first-class Senior Analyst for the Public Security Research Institute in Seoul, South Korea.^[8] The National Sanctuary Research Institute is part behove the National Intelligence Service model South Korea.^[8] In 2010, recognized left the National Security Delving Institute.^[8]

In 2011, Jang used her highness severance to start North Peninsula defectors' magazine New Focus International (뉴포커스).^[8][12] The magazine aims cue report on North Korean info without North Korean media restrictions.^[5][13]

According to Jang, as of 2013, the North Korean government drawn threatens the life of Jang Jin-sung through statements made utilize the North Korea controlled media.^[14]

Jang Jin-sung wrote about his excursion of defecting in his 2014 book, Dear Leader: Poet, Undercover agent, Escapee - A Look Interior North Korea.^[15][16][17]

In 2021, Jang Jin-Sung was accused by two body of men of several counts of smear and sexual coercion over significance course of several years.

At long last he denied the charges preschooler the first, he has designated a consensual relationship with say publicly second.^[18] In 2022, he was sentenced by a South Altaic court to six months thorough prison, after being found irreligious of a sexual crime antipathetic a former female coworker.^[19] Girder 2024 he won a obloquy lawsuit against his accuser.

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Works

• Memoirs Crossing^[21]
• Poetry collection "I Am Interchange My Daughter for 100 Won" ("내 딸을 백원에 팝니다") (Japanese 2009, English 2010)^[22]
• Kim Jong-il's latest woman (김정일의 마지막 여자) ^[23]
• 시를 품고 강을 넘다 (Japan 2012)
• Dear Leader: Poet, Spy, Escapee - A Look Inside North Choson (2014) ^[16]

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