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Hangul
  
서승

Name
  
Suh Sung

McCune–Reischauer
  
So Sung


Revised Romanization
  
Seo Seung

Hanja
  
徐勝

Books
  
Unbroken spirits

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Suh Sung Speech


Suh Sung (born 1945) is a former South Korean political prisoner.

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Early life and arrest

Suh was born in 1945 in Kyoto, Japan to Zainichi Korean parents. He attended school in Japan until 1970, and then went to South Korea to continue his studies at Seoul National University in 1971, during the regime of Park Chung-hee. In March 1971, upon returning to South Korea from a trip to Japan to see his family, Suh was arrested and put in prison for 19 years. While in custody and under heavy interrogation and torture, Suh Sung lit himself on fire, but survived.

Later career

Suh is currently Professor of International Studies at Ritsumeikan University in Japan. His autobiography Unbroken Spirit discusses his life as a political prisoner.

References

Suh Sung Wikipedia


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