The Tears of My Soul
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The Tears of My Soul is the memoir of Kim Hyun Hui, the North Korean espionage agent who in 1987 carried out the mission to blow up Korean Air Flight 858
Korean Air Flight 858
Korean Air Flight 858 was a scheduled international passenger flight between Baghdad, Iraq, and Seoul, South Korea that exploded in mid-air on 29 November 1987 after two North Korean agents planted a bomb in the passenger cabin...

. Kim Hyun Hui tells the story of how she was trained as a North Korean espionage agent and selected to carry out the mission given by Kim Jong-il
Kim Jong-il
Kim Jong-il, also written as Kim Jong Il, birth name Yuri Irsenovich Kim born 16 February 1941 or 16 February 1942 , is the Supreme Leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea...

 to blow up a South Korean airliner. Kim Hyun Hui was apprehended after Korean Air Flight 858
Korean Air Flight 858
Korean Air Flight 858 was a scheduled international passenger flight between Baghdad, Iraq, and Seoul, South Korea that exploded in mid-air on 29 November 1987 after two North Korean agents planted a bomb in the passenger cabin...

 crashed, killing 115 passengers.

The book details her early training and life of a party girl in Macau
Macau
Macau , also spelled Macao , is, along with Hong Kong, one of the two special administrative regions of the People's Republic of China...

, Hainan
Hainan
Hainan is the smallest province of the People's Republic of China . Although the province comprises some two hundred islands scattered among three archipelagos off the southern coast, of its land mass is Hainan Island , from which the province takes its name...

, and across Europe, her terrorist act, and her consequent trial, reprieve, and integration into South Korea.

The book has been translated into a number of languages.
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