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Word: nangnang (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...under constant threat from the Communist North, and so its fears about spies are justified. Still, Yun insisted that he had gone to East Berlin only to inquire about an old friend in North Korea. His illegal "espionage" trip had been merely to examine a 4th century tomb at Nangnang, which was to be the locale of Butterfly Widow, the second part of Dreams. Unimpressed, a Seoul tribunal sentenced him to life imprisonment; it gave his wife a three-year term, then suspended it and allowed her to return to their two teenage children in West Berlin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Composers: Song of a Wilted Flower | 3/28/1969 | See Source »

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