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: 00:12 : Uncle has enough food to feed Minister Kang. Unit_ID: detail002. -- Title: 00:57 : Father urges him to go to South Korea. Unit_ID: detail003. -- Title: 01:05 : Description of where siblings lived. Unit_ID: detail004. -- Title: 01:58 : Does not recall when or how parents became Christians. Unit_ID: detail005. -- Title: 02:12 : Born into a Christian family. Unit_ID: detail006. -- Title: 02:26 : Church located six miles from his village, near the school. Unit_ID: detail007. -- Title: 02:48 : 150 church members. Unit_ID: detail008. -- Title: 03:35 : Church run by Koreans. Unit_ID: detail009. -- Title: 03:42 : American missionaries visit the church once a year. Unit_ID: detail010. -- Title: 03:51 : Church is Presbyterian. Unit_ID: detail011. -- Title: 04:02 : Japanese send police to monitor the Church. Unit_ID: detail012. -- Title: 04:45 : Father arrested for refusing to bow to Shinto shrine imprisoned for a year. Unit_ID: detail013. -- Title: 05:02 : Father beaten by Japanese police. Unit_ID: detail014. -- Title: 05:10 : Father imprisoned 1939-1940 family suffers, Rev Kang is 5 years old. Unit_ID: detail015. -- Title: 06:15 : Japanese confiscate village crops widespread hunger. Unit_ID: detail016. -- Title: 07:15 : Older brother conscripted, taken to Kobu, Japan as factory worker. Unit_ID: detail017. -- Title: 07:51 : Brother returns after World War II. Unit_ID: detail018. -- Title: 08:17 : Recalls first time he saw his father cry, when he received a letter from his brother. Unit_ID: detail019. -- Title: 09:01 : Escapes from North Korea with sister in May 1949. Unit_ID: detail020. -- Title: 09:27 : Family holds farewell dinner before his departure. Unit_ID: detail021. -- Title: 10:00 : Fear of neighbor turning them in. Unit_ID: detail022. -- Title: 10:17 : Father hoped Rev Kang could return for 60th birthday was 58 at the time--this was last time they met. Unit_ID: detail023. -- Title: 10:50 : At time of interview, Rev Kang is 60 years old. Unit_ID: detail024. -- Title: 11:02 : He and sister walk all night board train at Hwang-ju to the 38th parallel. Unit_ID: detail025. -- Title: 12:57 : Gather with ten other people before crossing the border. Unit_ID: detail026. -- Title: 13:18 : Guide is an old Korean lady. Unit_ID: detail027. -- Title: 13:54 : Spends four days in Hae-ju. Unit_ID: detail028. -- Title: 14:09 : Crosses into South Korea at Kae-Sung (in the South prior to 1950). Unit_ID: detail029. -- Title: 14:32 : Kae-Sung becomes part of North after the Korean War. Unit_ID: detail030. -- Title: 14:52 : Danger of crossing the border. [Contents]
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