Suh Sung
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| Suh Sung | |
| Hangul | 서승 |
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| Hanja | 徐勝 |
| Revised Romanization | Seo Seung |
| McCune–Reischauer | Sŏ Sŭng |
Suh Sung (born 1945) is a former South Korean political prisoner.
Early life and arrest
Suh was born in 1945 in Kyoto, Japan to Zainichi Korean parents. He attended school in Japan until 1970, and then went to South Korea to continue his studies at Seoul National University in 1971, during the regime of Park Chung-hee. In March 1971, upon returning to South Korea from a trip to Japan to see his family, Suh was arrested and put in prison for 19 years. While in custody and under heavy interrogation and torture, Suh Sung lit himself on fire, but survived.
Later career
Suh is currently Professor of International Studies at Ritsumeikan University in Japan. His autobiography Unbroken Spirit discusses his life as a political prisoner.[1]
References
- ^ Unbroken Spirit, Nineteen Years in South Korea's Gulag, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Inc.