Title:
Ask a North Korean : defectors talk about their lives inside the world's most secretive nation / Daniel Tudor ; foreword by Andrei Lankov ; Translations by Elizabeth Jae, Nara Han, Ashley Cho and Daniel Tudor.
ISBN:
9780804849333
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
Tokyo : Tuttle Publishing, [2017]
Physical Description:
256 pages : illustrations, 32 unnumbered pages of plates ; 21 cm
General Note:
Material originally from the "Ask a North Korean" column produced by NK News.
Contents:
Economic life -- The powers that be -- Media and information -- Pyongyang vs. the rest -- The outside world -- Comparing North and South -- Health and welfare -- Defection from North Korea -- Religion and spirituality -- Love, sex, and relationships -- Fun and leisure -- Any other questions?
Summary:
The long-running "Ask a North Korean" column produced by NK News in Washington D.C. invites readers to ask questions of recent North Korean defectors about everyday issues that are not generally discussed in the media. Various aspects of life in North Korea are discussed in this book through a series of interviews . These interviews show that even in the world's most authoritarian regime, there is still a degree of normality and continuity
OCLC Number:
on1025334392
Availability:
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