Comments on: Places in Korea: Kim Jong-il’s Childhood Home in Hwajinpo http://rokdrop.com/2009/01/27/places-in-korea-kim-jong-ils-childhood-home-in-hwajinpo/ Korea From North to South Sat, 26 May 2012 06:34:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: NKeconWatch http://rokdrop.com/2009/01/27/places-in-korea-kim-jong-ils-childhood-home-in-hwajinpo/comment-page-1/#comment-347582 NKeconWatch Fri, 10 Jul 2009 09:06:40 +0000 http://rokdrop.com/?p=10369#comment-347582 I am desperately trying to find this place on Google Earth, but it is proving a bit more difficult than I thought. Are you able to find it? -Curtis I am desperately trying to find this place on Google Earth, but it is proving a bit more difficult than I thought. Are you able to find it?

-Curtis

]]> By: Steve http://rokdrop.com/2009/01/27/places-in-korea-kim-jong-ils-childhood-home-in-hwajinpo/comment-page-1/#comment-273968 Steve Tue, 27 Jan 2009 22:32:22 +0000 http://rokdrop.com/?p=10369#comment-273968 How ironic (and typical) that another great revolutionary leader spent his youth living much better than the people he claims later to represent. How ironic (and typical) that another great revolutionary leader spent his youth living much better than the people he claims later to represent.

]]> By: Fred Dustin http://rokdrop.com/2009/01/27/places-in-korea-kim-jong-ils-childhood-home-in-hwajinpo/comment-page-1/#comment-273964 Fred Dustin Tue, 27 Jan 2009 21:24:32 +0000 http://rokdrop.com/?p=10369#comment-273964 Hwachinp'o was, for many years prior to the Korean conflict, the summer retreat for (mostly) protestant missionaries working in Korea and certainly preceded in popularity Taech'on Beach on the west coast. I imagine that the original builder's life in Korea was far more interesting than the fact that `Our Great Leader' spent a few years of his life there!. Hwachinp'o was, for many years prior to the Korean conflict, the summer retreat for (mostly) protestant missionaries working in Korea and certainly preceded in popularity Taech'on Beach on the west coast. I imagine that the original builder's life in Korea was far more interesting than the fact that `Our Great Leader' spent a few years of his life there!.

]]> By: Unsatisfied LG DACOM http://rokdrop.com/2009/01/27/places-in-korea-kim-jong-ils-childhood-home-in-hwajinpo/comment-page-1/#comment-273857 Unsatisfied LG DACOM Tue, 27 Jan 2009 03:52:43 +0000 http://rokdrop.com/?p=10369#comment-273857 This is not his childhood home, but is really a house in which the family spent a few summers when he was a child. It has been open to the public for several years. This is not his childhood home, but is really a house in which the family spent a few summers when he was a child. It has been open to the public for several years.

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