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South Korea's 1980s prison camps

South Korea's 1980s prison camps

The horrors of a so-called Social Purification project and the birth of Club Med

The History Hour · BBC World Service

July 18, 202050m 4s

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Show Notes

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.