Some 100,000 children were orphaned during the Korean War (1950-53). North Korea decided to send many on their side of the peninsula to Soviet-controlled Eastern Europe for so-called “commissioned education.”
South Korean filmmaker Young Kim spent a decade and a half discovering the fates of these children for his new documentary, “Kim Il Sung’s Children.” He joins the NK News Podcast to discuss the film, the making of, and what he learned.
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