Ask A North Korean
Defectors Talk About Their Lives Inside the World's Most Secretive Nation
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4.3 • 4 Ratings
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Publisher Description
"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
Understanding North Korean Through the Eyes of Defectors.
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.
Customer Reviews
Too much Capitalism
Excellent read. The author shows his obvious preference for capitalism over communism throughout the book which is sadly distracting to the subject at hand. In a book about thoughts, feelings, and opinions of North Koreans you expect a bit of economic political nonsense but this book truly is trying to convince the reader that socialism is the devil.
Besides far too much focus on the economic system in place, the interviewees give an insightful look on the subject of North Korea.
I desperately wish the author had tried to make an objective assessment of the political situation or simply not have assessed and allowed the reader to decide.