The third sister was retarded and was being taken care of by Uncle Park. Uncle Park cared for my grandma who occasionally stayed with us - but she did not get along with my mother. My grandpa, an impoverished carpenter, died many years before my birth. A volcanic lake Chungji sits on top of the mountain. Kapsan is famous for its remoteness and backwardness.
Winters are cold and long.
Its citizens were dirt poor. Manchuria is on the other side of the Yalu River across a bridge at Hyesan. It is Korea's Siberia . During the Yi dynasty, Kapsan was a border garrison town. Political prisoners and minor criminals were exiled there to man the fort.