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Caught in America's War: South Korea and Iraq

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 May 2025

Ha-yung Jong
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SEONGNAM, South Korea – The image of a South Korean hostage, Kim Sun Il, blindfolded and kneeling at gunpoint before his death in Iraq last week was a chillingly familiar one for us back in his homeland – despite the orange jumpsuit, the masked faces and the foreign tongue.

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Asia-Pacific Journal , Volume 2 , Issue 7 , July 2004 , e9
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