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South Korea's 1980s prison camps
The horrors of South Korea's so-called Social Purification project. Also the women who fought for their right to pray and the origins of the holiday camp, Club Med.
The horrors of South Korea's so-called Social Purification project, the vanished Chinese sailors who left their mark on Liverpool after the Second World War and the return of a huge ancient monument to Ethiopia from Italy. Also fighting for the rights of Jewish women at the Western Wall in Jerusalem plus the origins of the holiday camp, Club Med.
Photo: Seung-woo Choi talking to reporters. Credit BBC.
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