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John Feffer is director of Foreign Policy In Focus at the Institute for Policy Studies. He is the author of several books of nonfiction and fiction including Aftershock: A Journey into Eastern Europe’s Broken Dreams and Splinterlands.
Hwang Sok-yong’s novel Familiar Things sounds a warning about the pitfalls of Korean reunification.
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