Lanʹkov, Andreĭ Nikolaevich

North of the DMZ: essays on daily life in North Korea

by Lanʹkov, Andreĭ Nikolaevich

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"Book describes the difficult but determined existence that North Koreans have created for themselves in the face of oppression. The book introduces the political system and the extent to which it permeates citizens' daily lives; discusses the schools, the economic system, and f…

"North Korea remains the most mysterious of all Communist countries, and the acute shortage of available sources has made it a difficult subject of scholarship. Through his access to Soviet archival material made available only a decade ago, contemporary North Korean press accou…