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In the 1950s around 1000 North Korean orphans and students were studying in Hungary. That was the first time that a sizeable East Asian community settled in Hungary and remained there for a number of years. This was also the first time that the Hungarian population encountered people from East Asia. The purpose of this book is to tell about the first interaction between these two faraway cultures. Another goal is to show the North Korean students’ role in the Hungarian revolution and anti Soviet freedom fight in 1956. Many former Hungarian freedom fighters declared that, during the time of the Hungarian revolution, they had got a lot of help from North Korean students. Most of these students already had war experience, as the men in their twenties had already fought in the battlefields of the Korean War. However their role in the Hungarian revolution has been very little known up to recent times. The book also reveals what happened next to the North Korean students, after their repatriation back to North Korea in December 1956.

In the 1950s around 1000 North Korean orphans and students were studying in Hungary. That was the first time that a sizeable East Asian community settled in Hungary and remained there for a number of years. This was also the first time that the Hungarian population encountered people from East Asia. The purpose of this book is to tell about the first interaction between these two faraway cultures. Another goal is to show the North Korean students’ role in the Hungarian revolution and anti Soviet freedom fight in 1956. Many former Hungarian freedom fighters declared that, during the time of the Hungarian revolution, they had got a lot of help from North Korean students. Most of these students already had war experience, as the men in their twenties had already fought in the battlefields of the Korean War. However their role in the Hungarian revolution has been very little known up to recent times. The book also reveals what happened next to the North Korean students, after their repatriation back to North Korea in December 1956.
The English language edition of the book was published to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Hungarian revolution and freedom fight of 1956. The author, Mozes Csoma Ph.D. is the chairperson of the Korean Department at Eotvos Lorand University (ELTE), Budapest, Hungary. He has published several books in Seoul and Budapest about the history of Korea-Hungary relations. In 2015, he received an award from the South Korean Ministry of Culture in recognition of his contribution to promoting Korean culture in Hungary.

INTRODUCTION

I. CHAPTER-THE MEETING
The roots of the North Korea and Hungary relations
The Korean War and Hungary
The emergence of the Kim Il-Sung Elementary School in Budapest
The age of the first “Korean Wave” in Hungary
North Korean university students in Hungary
More student groups arrive
The emergence of the Park Jong-ae Institute in Budapest
The integration of the young Koreans in Hungary
Disillusion with the Stalinist regime in Hungary
Personal memories of the North Koreans from Hungarian individuals

II. CHAPTER-BREAK-AWAY
The year 1956
Internal affairs in the Pyongyang regime
The Hungarian revolution and the North Korean students
·Moricz Zsigmond square in Budapest
·Szena square
·Tuzolto street
Korean medical students in the revolution
The provincial city of Veszpr?m
The division between the North Korean students
The repatriation of the North Korean students
The future lives of the North Korean students who were sent back to the DPRK
North Korean students who crossed the border between Hungary and Austria
The memories of Mr. Zang Gi Hong
The memories of Dr. Rim Zang Dong
Internal situation in the Pyongyang regime after the Hungarian revolution

III. CHAPTER-DIVERGENCE
Attempts to escape from the other East European Countries
The later lives of the students who were repatriated from Hungary
Campaign to break up international marriages
Restriction of the movement of foreign diplomats in North Korea
Provocations against the embassies of the “fraternal countries”
The emergence of the modern “Hermit Kingdom”

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APPENDIX
INDEX