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: 00:11 : Arrives in Taegu, searches for church. Unit_ID: detail002. -- Title: 00:38 : Young-nak Church in Seoul, meeting place for North Koreans. Unit_ID: detail003. -- Title: 01:05 : Young-nak located in Chung-ku district in Seoul. Unit_ID: detail004. -- Title: 02:00 : Arrives in Taegu in January 1951. Unit_ID: detail005. -- Title: 02:08 : Stays in Taegu for three years. Unit_ID: detail006. -- Title: 02:20 : Cannot afford to attend school, works a series of jobs, including railroad porter. Unit_ID: detail007. -- Title: 03:38 : Nephews attend primary school. Unit_ID: detail008. -- Title: 04:08 : During war, Taegu was fifteen miles from the fighting front. Unit_ID: detail009. -- Title: 04:27 : Able to hear artillery fire. Unit_ID: detail010. -- Title: 04:36 : Seoul teeming with refugees and soldiers. Unit_ID: detail011. -- Title: 05:02 : Lives with sister and her family on edge of Taegu. Unit_ID: detail012. -- Title: 05:29 : Rents single room from a farmer. Unit_ID: detail013. -- Title: 05:57 : Resumes secondary education in 1954 at Christian school near Pusan. Unit_ID: detail014. -- Title: 06:09 : Brother-in-law is vice principal of the school. Unit_ID: detail015. -- Title: 06:51 : Lives with sister and brother-in-law while attending high school. Unit_ID: detail016. -- Title: 06:59 : One sister remains in Taegu. Unit_ID: detail017. -- Title: 07:13 : High school located in small town called Jin-young. Unit_ID: detail018. -- Title: 08:10 : Another sister also stays in same house. Unit_ID: detail019. -- Title: 08:28 : Finishes high school and starts college in Seoul. Unit_ID: detail020. -- Title: 08:41 : Moves to Seoul to finish high school lives with best friend's family. Unit_ID: detail021. -- Title: 09:40 : Finishes high school in Seoul. Unit_ID: detail022. -- Title: 09:52 : Studies Korean literature and journalism in college. Unit_ID: detail023. -- Title: 10:06 : Studies literature at Joong-ang University and journalism at Hong-Un University. Unit_ID: detail024. -- Title: 11:32 : After Korean War, age of students is older due to War's disruption. Unit_ID: detail025. -- Title: 12:05 : Graduates from high school at age 21. Unit_ID: detail026. -- Title: 12:23 : South Korea almost completely destroyed. Unit_ID: detail027. -- Title: 12:51 : Rebuilding of Seoul. Unit_ID: detail028. -- Title: 13:25 : In college, works part time rents room and lives on his own. Unit_ID: detail029. -- Title: 13:54 : After college serves in the military. Unit_ID: detail030. -- Title: 14:21 : Graduates from college at age 26. Unit_ID: detail031. -- Title: 14:36 : Mandatory military service. [Contents]
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