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American command was aware of the whole thing. Maybe the news hasn’t reached our guide; maybe these atrocities have long been known here. Even though the events illustrate the South’s ruthless war crimes, she doesn’t draw attention to them.
    The British journalist Alan Winnington, who followed North Korean troops during the Korean War, saw the hastily dug mass graves where hands and feet stuck out from the earth. He wrote about the events in the British Communist newspaper the Daily Worker , but was accused of lying by the American embassy in London. And the U.S. military advisor Frank Winslow recently testified that the American command was invited by the South Koreans to witness the “turkey shoot” — the name given to the mass executions carried out next to the ditches that served as graves. Winslow declined, but other officers went. A few of them photographed the events.
    In one of the pictures from the newly opened archive, a still-living teenage boy is about to tumble into a mass grave. The bodies form a grotesque jumble of arms, heads, and legs. The boy is lying on his stomach, while a soldier holds on to his bare feet. He is tied to his murdered comrade; they lie side by side. The corpse’s arm is stretched across the boy’s back as though he is seeking warmth in his sleep. They’re about to accompany each other to the grave. The photographer has caught the eye of the still-living boy. His head hangs over the edge of the grave, but his face is turned and he looks straight into the camera.
    In 2005, the South Korean government formed the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, which is excavating Daejeon. It is thought that more than 100,000 Communist sympathizers were executed after war broke out in 1950. And Daejeon is just one of many places where massacres were carried out: 1,800 were killed in Suwon, 10,000 in Pusan, 25,000 in the southern part of Gyeongsang Province. In each of these places, remnants of bone are still being discovered in the soil.
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    THE BUS TAKES us to the Yanggakdo Hotel, where we are sequestered from the rest of the city. The forty-seven-storey building is situated on an island in the Taedong River, which runs through Pyongyang, dividing the city east and west. We’re not allowed to leave the island unaccompanied. There’s a greenhouse for growing vegetables, a golf course, and a movie theatre.
    As one of the few places in North Korea where foreigners are permitted, the Yanggakdo Hotel has a mythic aura. Here, sharks from the black market mix with diplomats, businessmen, shock tourists and regular tourists, various politicians, and envoys from marginal leftist groups. The Yanggakdo Hotel plays a leading role in Canadian illustrator Guy Delisle’s 2005 graphic novel Pyongyang: A Journey in North Korea . Delisle lived here for a two-month period and in his book he describes the rituals of this strange place that incubates secrets and hidden rooms. Like all foreigners, Delisle’s freedom of movement in Pyongyang was strictly limited, and so he spent many long hours in the Yanggakdo Hotel. He had found himself at the hotel after a film project he was involved with as an animator ran out of money. It’s not unusual that foreign animation projects at the edge of ruin end up in Pyongyang; here, you have the chance to finish them at a low cost. SEK Studio in central Pyongyang, where Delisle worked, is one of the world’s largest animation studios, with 1,600 employees. Animation is one of North Korea’s few successful industries — perhaps the only one after the manufacturing of weapons. Pororo the Little Penguin , a hugely popular South Korean series, is made here. Kim Jong-il is said to have personally given this show his blessing. He had long advocated on behalf of the production of animated series. There is said to be a motivational plaque outside of the Ministry of Culture in Pyongyang that reads: “make more animated