The Outlook Podcast Archive - My Time with North Korea's Dictator

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Hwang Sok-yong is one of Korea's most famous writers and one of the few authors whose works you can find in libraries in both North and South Korea. He's also a well-known campaigner for peace and unification between the two countries. After illegally entering North Korea in1989, he struck up a strange friendship with the country's dictator Kim Il-sung.

Image: Hwang Sok-yong
Credit: JOEL SAGET/Getty Images

Published on Wednesday, 4th April 2018.

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