The Gyeongju Vacuum: 1991 Cold War Disappearance of Yumi Omasa
On March 28, 1991, a twenty-three-year-old Japanese research student named Yumi Omasa left her luggage in Room 214 of the Gyerim Youth Hostel in Gyeongju, South Korea, and walked into a morning that would never formally end. She bought a white jade double-ring and a jadeite necklace at the hostel gift shop, paid for them … Read more