Suh Sung

Who is Suh Sung?

Suh Sung was born in 1945 in Kyoto, Japan to Korean parents and attended school in Japan until 1970. While taking a course at Seoul National University in 1971, when president Park Chung Hee was in power in Korea, Sung went to Japan to see his family. Upon returning to Korea in March 1971, he was arrested and put in prison for 19 years. While in custody and under heavy interrogation and torture, Suh Sung put himself on fire but survived.

He is currently Professor of International Studies at Ritsumeikan University in Japan. He had also published a book called Unbroken Spirit that is a brief in his life as a political prisoner.