Suddenly summoned to witness something great and horrendous, we keep fighting not to reduce it to our own smallness.
DPRK translates to Democratic People__ Republic of Korea__nd if the words Democratic and Republic sound like a good thing, well, it__ oxymoronic because the Korea we__e talking about here is the communist one in the North, and when I said the pastor__ father was their guest, what I really meant is he was shot down, captured, tortured, and held prisoner by a depraved enemy in what today can only be described as a failed state.
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DPRK translates to Democratic People__ Republic of Korea__nd if the words Democratic and Republic sound like a good thing, well, it__ oxymoronic because the Korea we__e talking about here is the communist one in the North, and when I said the pastor__ father was their guest, what I really meant is he was shot down, captured, tortured, and held prisoner by a depraved enemy in what today can only be described as a failed state.
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