Episode 95: Kidnapped By North Korea Part 1 (Case of Choi Eun-hee)
She couldn’t believe it. They wanted her to write a letter to her kidnappers thanking them for all that they have done for her.
Are these people out of their minds? She missed her old life in South Korea - she had been a famous movie actress, her children, freedom, she missed it all.
Now she was kidnapped in a foreign country forced to write letters of love to the men who ordered it.
She started the letter - Dear Kim Jong Il The Supreme Leader of North Korea…
Book Rec: “A Kim Jong Il Production” - by Paul Fischer (Even my Korean parents who grew up with this case on the news learned so much from this book! 10/10)
Full Source Notes: rottenmangopodcast.com
Source notes:
Book: “A Kim Jong Il Production” - by Paul Fischer (Even my Korean parents who grew up with this case on the news learned so much from this book! 10/10)
Book: “Under The Loving Care of Fatherly Leader: North Korea & The Kim Dynasty” - by Bradley K Martin
Movie: “The Lovers & The Despot”
YouTube channels of North Korean defectors that provide immense insight:
https://www.youtube.com/c/YeonmiParkOfficial/videos
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBcoJKPWNBqYlx2WMIe-fug
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8SgCNROofV09K8b03ypfVg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2ZdzVf10YE
https://nypost.com/2015/01/18/how-north-koreas-dictator-once-kidnapped-stars-to-make-movies/
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/feb/21/kim-jong-il-movie-star-kidnap-plot-north-south-korea-godzilla
https://www.nytimes.com/1986/03/23/world/rumors-reappear-with-south-korean-couple.html
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-43792417
DISCLAIMER: Some links are listed in the source material but the material may never be discussed in the podcast (I just wanted to list them because they gave me a deeper picture of the case in full). If there are un-verifiable sources (ie Reddit) - they are typically referred to as un-verified sources, opinions, and or theories in the podcast and not treated as fact.