Not by Bread Alone

North Korean classical pianist Cheol Woong Kim, born in Pyongyang, gave his first performance in America as a free man in Manhattan on May 21st. He had escaped to South Korea in 2003. The New York Sun quotes him as saying "I did not leave North Korea because I was hungry for food, but because I was hungry for music... People do not leave because they know that they deserve food, but because they know that they deserve freedom."

Let us remember this and the 54,000 american servicemen who died in the Korean War as we celebrate Memorial Day weekend.

Cheol Woong Kim as he performs at the 2007 Melbourne Jazz Festival: