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Ask a North Korean: Defectors Talk about Their Lives Inside the World's Most Secretive Nation
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ISBN10: 080485534X
ISBN13: 9780804855341
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
Published: Apr 12 2022
Pages: 288
Weight: 0.95
Height: 1.00 Width: 5.40 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
ISBN13: 9780804855341
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
Published: Apr 12 2022
Pages: 288
Weight: 0.95
Height: 1.00 Width: 5.40 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
In his new book, Ask a North Korean, Daniel Tudor--a former Economist journalist and current Korean beer entrepreneur-- wants people to understand the true lives of everyday North Koreans. Using translated essays written by defectors, the book covers topics from politics to pornography. -- The Boston Globe The weekly column Ask A North Korean, published by NK News, invites readers from around the world to pose questions to North Korean defectors . Adapted from the long-running column, these fascinating interviews provide authentic firsthand testimonies about life in North Korea and what is really happening inside the Hermit Kingdom. North Korean contributors to this book include:
- Seong who went to South Korea after dropping out during his final year of university. He is now training to be an elementary school teacher.
- Kang who left North Korea in 2005. He now lives in London, England.
- Cheol who was from South Hamgyeong in North Korea and is now a second-year university student in Seoul.
- Park worked and studied in Pyongyang before defecting to the U.S. in 2011. He is now studying at a U.S. college.
Ask A North Korean sheds critical light on all aspects of North Korean politics and society and shows that, even in the world's most authoritarian regime, life goes on in ways that are very different from what outsiders may think. Begin to understand North Korea through the eyes of those who know it best--its defectors.
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