Interview abstract: Topics covered include Minister Kang's childhood and education under Japanese rule, escape from North Korea in 1949, the Korean War and postwar South Korea, his emigration to the USA in 1973, and Korean entrepreneurship in America. Unit_ID: detail001. -- Title: 00:01 : Crossing the border from North to South Korea. Unit_ID: detail002. -- Title: 00:45 : Sneaking by armed guards. Unit_ID: detail003. -- Title: 01:22 : Military skirmishes at the 38th parallel in 1949. Unit_ID: detail004. -- Title: 02:00 : South Korea police monitor border for spies from North Rev Kang is 14 years old at crossing. Unit_ID: detail005. -- Title: 02:36 : Rev Kang is the youngest in his group crossing the border. Unit_ID: detail006. -- Title: 03:02 : Stays at the border for five days. Unit_ID: detail007. -- Title: 03:14 : Takes a train to Seoul. Unit_ID: detail008. -- Title: 04:01 : Guided across border at night by an old South Korean lady. Unit_ID: detail009. -- Title: 04:28 : Stays in Chungdan before crossing the border to Kaesung. Unit_ID: detail010. -- Title: 05:30 : Sister is 17 years old at time of crossing. Unit_ID: detail011. -- Title: 05:40 : Sister married at 16 years and now lives in South Korea. Unit_ID: detail012. -- Title: 06:10 : Another sister crossed border with her family in 1946. Unit_ID: detail013. -- Title: 06:29 : Brother-in-law was a Christian radio drama writer. Unit_ID: detail014. -- Title: 07:17 : Brother-in-law spends a year in North Korean prison for Christian beliefs. Unit_ID: detail015. -- Title: 09:11 : Korean orphanage (this section unclear). Unit_ID: detail016. -- Title: 10:12 : Border was relatively open until the late 1940s. Unit_ID: detail017. -- Title: 11:06 : Studies English in Seoul. Unit_ID: detail018. -- Title: 11:21 : Lives with older sister. Unit_ID: detail019. -- Title: 12:34 : Attends high school arrives in South Korea on 6/1/1949 and war breaks out a year later. Unit_ID: detail020. -- Title: 13:06 : 6/28/1950, North Korean soldiers occupy older sister's house, searching for playwright husband. Unit_ID: detail021. -- Title: 13:32 : Brother-in-law had escaped further south. Unit_ID: detail022. -- Title: 14:18 : Stays in Seoul until December 1950. Unit_ID: detail023. -- Title: 15:35 : China enters war Seoul invaded by "red people". Unit_ID: detail024. -- Title: 15:55 : Flees by train to Taegu. Unit_ID: detail025. -- Title: 17:05 : Escapes from Seoul with his sisters. [Contents]
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