Two of my latest reads… 1) Cohen’s #TheNetanyahus; a satirical account of the late Harold Bloom’s encounter with @netanyahu’s father while the latter was applying for his job at @Cornell. 2) @JihyunPark7’s memoir focuses on her yrs growing up in the DPRK, & not 1 but 2 escapes 
I found @JihyunPark7’s memoir helpful in understanding just how powerful 성분 is in reality, especially when one is a descendant of somebody who fled South during the war. Also appreciated the co-author’s reflections as a South Korean, which were interspersed between chapters
A detail that piqued my interest were references to the father one of @JihyunPark7’s students who was said to have been fighting in Libya. @sukisworld “Without You, There Is No Us,” which I’m reading now, also makes note of some PUST student’s fathers being sent there for work.
I’m aware of long-standing arms and nuclear proliferation cooperation between Libya and the DPRK under Qaddafi and alleged reports that DPRK soldiers fought alongside the Libyans during their brief 1977 border war with Egypt. In the mid 80s, ~250 military advisors were there…
Some were apparently posted to the Libyan Air Force as flight trainers while others helped coordinate operations against rebels forces in northern Chad. Does anyone know what happened with the DPRK’s Libyan military presence in the late 80s & 90s? Maybe @JaccoZed @oryxspioenkop?
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