Mi-sook is one of Mi-ran’s older sisters. She did not defect with Mi-ran and the rest of their family in 1998. Mi-ran later learned that Mi-sook and Mi-hee were sent to labor camps as retribution for their family’s crimes. Mi-ran began to believe, after several years of no word, that her sisters were both dead.
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Mi-sook Character Timeline in Nothing to Envy
The timeline below shows where the character Mi-sook appears in Nothing to Envy. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter 5
...found a way to introduce himself to Mi-ran after making friends with her older sister, Mi-sook.
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Once Mi-sook orchestrated a meeting between Mi-ran and Jun-sang, during which Jun-sang confessed his feelings for Mi-ran,...
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Chapter 20
...learned that six months after she and her family defected, her older sisters Mi-hee and Mi-sook were taken away to labor camps in the middle of the night. Though they were...
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