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In this remarkable memoir, Joon Bai, humanitarian and successful businessman, shares his extraordinary story and the lessons he has learned about courage, challenges, and hope. From his early childhood years in what is now North Korea, living through the devastation of World War II and the Korean War, Bai learned the value and strength of love and persistence. Those were lessons he brought with him to the United States, where he earned his engineering degree and went on to a successful career in business, buoyed by the support of his beloved wife, Kyuhee, and his mother. Hard-won success at hand, Bai returned to North Korea to help farmers and children devastated by the country s ongoing famine, spending millions of dollars and saving countless lives. Promises is a unique and intimate look inside North Korea and into the character of a man that will serve as a guide to understanding commitment, faith, and the true meaning of life.

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Joon Bai is a successful entrepreneur and humanitarian. With support from the love of his life, his wife, Kyuhee, he returned many times to his birthplace, North Korea, to assist farmers, orphans, and numerous others with philanthropic support. During his North Korean travels, he wrote and co-produced the award-winning movie The Other Side of the Mountain, a triumphant feature film that was the first collaboration between an American and the North Korean government. Bai currently lives in Pleasanton, California.

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