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Instead of a listlessly obedient classless society they describe a rupture caused by the famine in the 90s between the regime a...  Read More


But despite what we may have heard the north korean people are not all happy with the leadership of dear leader kim jong un

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I was a little surprised to read that if you knew who to bribe then life could be a little better for your family than a lo...  Read More


The consumption of foreign media is punishable by law in the dprk

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It was to a degree of what i would expect from the mosyt isolated nation in the world


Kim jong un is not a lunatic his father or grandfather weren’t either

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    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    This book provides remarkable insight into the lives of ordinary north koreans at least as far as western journalists can observe


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    I was expecting a brief word or two on lgbt matters but as this information is probably less than accessible or relatively non existent as we know the idea of it leaving it out seems ok in terms of continuing with the books matter of fact tone


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    However this would be a good read for people fresh to the topic though the flow is somewhat fragmented


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    With the state distribution system having virtually imploded amid the murderous famines of the 1990s desperate north koreans turned to the market mechanism to survive


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    The astonishing result while the nations polity remains frozen in its cold war deep freeze the countrys economy is now de facto if not de jure capitalist


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    A plethora of tomes focus on north korean dictators and human rights abuses

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