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Word: chonan (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...countryside east of Seoul. Pausing for rest and a drink of water at a well, she left her young daughter with some fellow refugees. When she returned, the little girl was gone. That same year Kim Sung Soo, 8, was separated from his mother in the wartime chaos around Chonan, 50 miles south of the capital. An aunt left him in an orphanage while she searched for his mother. She did not find her. Huh Hyun Chul, 9, lost his four-year-old sister when she was left behind at a barbershop during the family's flight from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: South Korea: High Ratings | 8/8/1983 | See Source »

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