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The Hidden Graves of Kuku Island

July 24, 2018 | Liz Mak | Outside Podcast
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The Hidden Graves of Kuku Island

Carina Hoang grew up in a wealthy family in Vietnam. She had a nanny to take care of her and a maid who cleaned up after her—she didn’t even wash her own hair. But when the Vietnam War broke out, she and two siblings fled the country on a boat, landing on Kuku beach, in Indonesia. It was supposed to be a refugee camp, but it was actually a deserted island. No food, no water, no buildings, people, or tools. Just sand and jungle. Produced in collaboration with Snap Judgment, with funding from the International Women’s Media Foundation, this is a story about Carina’s decades-long struggle to leave Kuku Island behind.

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Liz Mak

Liz Mak is a writer and multimedia producer living in Oakland, California. She produces audio stories at the public radio show and podcast Snap Judgment, from WNYC. In her career,… Read More.

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