A Monk's Earthly Mission: Easing North Koreans' Pain

A Monk's Earthly Mission: Easing North Koreans' Pain: By CHOE SANG-HUN / The New York Times IN August 1996, the Venerable Pomnyun, a Buddhist monk from South Korea, was cruising down the Yalu River between China and North Korea when he saw a boy squatting alone at the North Korean edge of the water.