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The art of essay writing for the brainwashed

SEOUL, South Korea — When Korean American writer Suki Kim introduced the concept of an essay to her North Korean students, they were befuddled.
That’s because an essay, Kim writes, requires setting up a thesis, and then acknowledging and refuting the arguments on the other side.

By Geoffrey Cain
PRI’s The World

Dec 29, 2014

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