On: I Was a Political Prisoner at Birth in North Korea

[dfc]

Side Bar: Can anyone provide some context/background/explanation about the north korean name / south korean name?

[jevinskie → dfc]

I wonder if the reason is related to the dialect differences between North and South Korean. I recall that the North Korean dialect is "older".

[alxndr → jevinskie]

Not sure how much this explains about names in particular, but... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North%E2%80%93South_differences...