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Courage under communist captivity: American POWs in Korea--despite suffering nearly a 40% death rate--endured extreme hardship with dignity.(Korean War)
VFW Magazine
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September 1, 2003|
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Sgt. Wilfred Ruff knew he should not have eaten that handful of raw corn. But Ruff's North Korean captors had not given the 21-year-old prisoner of war enough food to sustain him on the long march toward Manchuria, and the starving man could not resist the gut-destroying corn. Now, he was so weak from dysentery he could not even lift his head. Ruff knew that his life was slipping away.
Miraculously, another prisoner risked the wrath of the cruel guards and worked hard to save the dying soldier.
"He took food and jammed it into my mouth," Ruff told Harry ...
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South Korea's military reinforces measures to repel hostile North Korean ships
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream
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North Korean's defection puts China in middle Not wanting to offend either Korea, Beijing stalls and urges negotiations
Newspaper article from: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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Profile: Many North Korean defectors find life in South Korea more difficult than expected
Transcript from: NPR Morning Edition
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South korea : Alleged North Korean links with LTTE.
News Wire article from: TendersInfo
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South Korea to allow North Korean flag to fly at Asian Games
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream
; ...dilemma because flying the North Korean flag in South Korea is a crime under its anti...oppose the flying of the North Korean national flag during the games, but urged South Korea to win a North Korean promise that the Southern...
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South Korea to crack down on 'brokers' who extort North Korean defectors
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream
; ...Rim Young Son, a North Korean who escaped to South Korea in 1993, admitted...included bribes to North Korean border guards...Defectors from North Korea. "But we fear that...rights groups who help North Korean refugees." Other...
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