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Ri In-mo
Ri In-mo was a war correspondent who accompanied the DPRK armed forces during the invasion of the ROK at the outbreak of the Korean War.
Rl IN-MO (1917-2007). Ri In-mo was a war correspondent who accompanied the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) armed forces during the invasion of the Republic of Korea (ROK) at the outbreak of the Korean War in June 1950. He was captured in January 1952. Because he refused to recant his beliefs, he served a total of 34 years in prison. Although released in 1988, his activities continued to be restricted until he was eventually allowed to return to the DPRK in March 1993, where he was reunited with his wife and daughter. He was well treated in the DPRK and made numerous public appearances. In 1996, he was sent to the United States for medical treatment. He published an account of his life and imprisonment, Memoirs: My Life and Faith, in 1997, in which he depicted himself as a fighter against Japanese colonialism and later the U.S. and ROK oppression. When he died, he was given a revolutionary hero's funeral, and a statue to him was erected in the DPRK capital Pyongyang in 2008.
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