Word: kyongsong
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...When she was a child in the coastal North Korean town of Kyongsong, Ryu and her five siblings enjoyed a comfortable life. Her father was second-in-command of a battalion, and four of the kids went to college. Ryu, now 35, majored in electrical engineering and even studied English. "Happy family," she says, remembering a few faltering words of English. In 1996, however, two years after North Korea's founder Kim Il Sung died, the famines worsened and Ryu's family was soon reduced to one meal...
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