sentences:  Their participation in these films made them instant celebrities.Abshier and the other three became a propaganda bonanza, and photographs were leaked outside the country of the four living in utopian North Korea; the men always appeared successful, carefree, and happy.Charles Jenkins wrote in his book "The Reluctant Communist" that Abshier had difficulty conversing in Korean but was fascinated by words and would spend hours studying high-level vocabulary from newspapers.