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EPISODE · Jun 9, 2026 · 42 MIN

She Was Taken at 14. Korea Silenced Her for 50 Years. She Broke Both Prisons.

from Lines Across Asia Tales · host John

In 1940, a Japanese soldier came to a Korean family's door and took their 14-year-old daughter. What followed lasted eight years across five countries.But there was a second prison nobody talks about.When Kim Bok-dong came home, Korean society had a name for women like her. Not survivor. Shameful.So she stayed silent for fifty years.Then at 66 she stood up — and didn't stop until her last breath.This is the story of two silences. And the woman who broke both.Lines Across Asia — real people, impossible odds, Asia's forgotten history.

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