| The Tears of My Soul | |
| Author: | Kim Hyon-hui |
| Subject: | Autobiography |
| Publisher: | William Morrow and Co. |
| Isbn: | 0-688-12833-5 |
The Tears of My Soul is the memoir of Kim Hyon-hui, a former North Korean agent known for planting the bomb on board Korean Air Flight 858. This book recounts one of North Korean state-sponsored acts of terror.
Kim tells the story of how she was trained as a spy and assigned a mission given by Kim Jong-il to blow up a South Korean airliner. The book details her early training and life as a party member in Macau, Hainan, and across Europe; her terrorist act; and her consequent trial, reprieve, and integration into South Korean society.
The book has been translated into a number of languages, including German.[1]
On page 3 of the book Kim writes:
This book is dedicated to the families of the victims of Flight 858. All proceeds deriving from the book will be donated to them.[2]
Rémi Kauffer, in The Black Book of Communism, has some reservations about the truthfulness of The Tears of My Soul, writing in 1997: "It is still too soon to determine how much of the book is fabrication".[3]