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Which brings me to my next question, about the man who inspired you to write this book. You refer to his as "Mr. Disposable Income." After researching this book, did your perception of him change? I couldn't fathom why someone would pay that much money for a single bottle. It was akin to buying a rare Picasso, and then taking out of its frame and putting it on your college dorm wall. What I found out later is the gentleman was celebrating, he had just made a lot of money on stocks. And I thought that was great because...
Fall Preview. JetBlue is offering tickets to its three new Caribbean destinations - Saint Lucia, Barbados and Kingston, Jamaica - for $99 from JFK. Before you start packing, bear in mind the cheap fares don't kick in until October, but you'll have to book by June 17 for all travel through...
Flight Info on the Fly. Southwest Airlines has upgraded its mobile site, which now lets you book or cancel flights, access your frequent flyer account, view schedules and check flight status all from your smartphone...
...Kyohwaso life is extremely harsh: scholars estimate only 50% of prisoners survive their first year. One of the first accounts of the North Korean prison system, a 2000 memoir called The Aquariums of Pyongyang, tells of routine torture and deprivations on par with those of Nazi concentration camps. The book's author, Kang Chol Hwan, was imprisoned in the Yodok concentration camp at age 9 for 10 years with his family. He suffered starvation and disease and was forced to attend public executions. "I attended some 15 executions during my time in Yodok," he wrote. Kang was imprisoned...
...Shin Dong Hyuk, a 27-year-old who is reportedly the only living former prisoner to escape a North Korean prison camp, also wrote a recent book about his experiences, Escape to the Outside World. Shin says he was born and raised in a camp about 55 miles north of Pyongyang and like many prisoners witnessed routine atrocities, including the execution of both his mother and brother. Before his escape in 2005, Shin was tortured at least twice, once for accidentally dropping a sewing machine in the garment factory where he was forced to work at the camp. He also...