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As an interesting postscript to the event, Lee Kwang-soo, the captured helmsman, defected to South Korea and became a naval instructor. More than a decade later, he would speak out publicly that the sinking of the South Korean frigate Cheonan was the work of a North Korean submarine.
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Professor Jennifer Grotz co-translated poems by Jerzy Ficowski, and Open Letter published its first poetry book translated from the Korean.
The writer says change must begin in the leadership of North Korea.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Host online November 17 by Phoebe Robinson, several authors and those in publishing won a prestigious National Book Award.