How one man escaped from a North Korean prison camp

Re:How one man escaped from a North Korean prison camp by ttar on Monday January 21, 2013 @10:13PM (#5095292)

Wait, in the middle of the story Shin was to be executed, then wasn't? What happened there?

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Re:How one man escaped from a North Korean prison camp by MBCook on Monday January 21, 2013 @10:20PM (#5095306)

I found that kind of confusing as well.

I believe it was his brother and his mother who were executed. I believe his brother was named Shin as well, with the rest of his name different.

I think this is a family name / given name issue.

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Re:How one man escaped from a North Korean prison camp by onethree on Wednesday January 23, 2013 @12:36AM (#5101601)

Korean names are in the order Family Name then First name. They refer to him by his family name, so its easy to confuse him, his brother, and his father

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