Suh Sung

Suh Sung (Korean: 서승; Hanja: 徐勝; born 3 April 1945) is a Korean professor, writer and former political prisoner.

In this Korean name, the family name is Suh.

Suh Sung
Native name
서승
Born (1945-04-03) 3 April 1945
Kyoto, Japan
Occupationprofessor, writer
LanguageJapanese, Korean
Alma materTokyo University of Education
Seoul National University
Notable worksUnbroken Spirits: Nineteen Years in South Korea's Gulag (1994)
Notable awardsTada Yoko Human Rights Award (1994)
SpousePak Sunmi
Children2
RelativesSuh Joon-sik (brother)
Suh Sung
Hangul
서승
Hanja
徐勝
Revised RomanizationSeo Seung
McCune–ReischauerSŏ Sŭng

Early life and arrest

Suh was born on 3 April 1945 in Kyoto, Japan to Zainichi Korean parents. He received his elementary and secondary school education in Japan, and graduated from Tokyo University of Education in March 1968. Suh then travelled to South Korea to continue his studies at the Graduate School of Sociology at Seoul National University, during the regime of Park Chung-hee.[1]

On 18 April 1971, shortly after returning to South Korea from a trip to Japan to see his family, Suh was arrested under false pretenses of being a North Korean spy and sentenced to life imprisonment.[2] While in custody and under heavy interrogation and torture, Suh lit himself on fire, but survived with severe burns to his face. Suh's sentenced was reduced to 20 years on 21 December 1988, and he was released on 28 February 1990, after being imprisoned for nearly 19 years.[1]

Later career

Suh is currently Professor of International Studies at Ritsumeikan University in Japan. His autobiography Unbroken Spirits: Nineteen Years in South Korea's Gulag details his experience as a political prisoner.[1]

References
  1. Suh, Sung (2001). Unbroken Spirits: Nineteen Years in South Korea's Gulag. United States: Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 9780742501218. Retrieved 24 November 2018.
  2. "〈在日朝鮮人女性の人間的遺産〉 徐兄弟の母 呉己順さん?" (in Japanese). 22 October 2006. Archived from the original on 22 October 2006. Retrieved 24 November 2018.
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