North of the DMZ : essays on daily life in North Korea
The Kim dynasty has ruled North Korea for over 60 years. Most of that period has found the country suffering under mature Stalinism characterized by manipulation, brutality and tight social control. Nevertheless, some citizens of Kim Jong Il's regime manage to transcend his tyranny in their daily existence. This book describes that difficult but determined existence and the world that the North Koreans have created for themselves in the face of oppression. Many features of this world are unique and even bizarre. But they have been created by the citizens to reflect their own ideas and values
eBook, English, 2007
McFarland & Company, Jefferson, North Carolina, 2007
History
1 online resource (360 p.)
9780786451418, 0786451416
1328579389
Leaders dear and great
In times of propaganda
The arts and the media
The workers' paradise? the social structure of the DPRK
Pyongyang
Daily lives
Recreation and fashion
Family matters
All things which move
Big Brother is watching
How does the system work?
Schools
It's economics
Foreign affairs
On spying, smuggling and kidnapping
North Koreans overseas, foreigners in North Korea
Defectors
The unnoticed death of North Korean Stalinism
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English