North Korea Confidential

Posted on 19 March 2018 by Daniel Tudor

Named one of the best books of 2015 by The Economist Private Markets, Fashion Trends, Prison Camps, Dissenters and Defectors.North Korea is one of the most troubled societies on earth The country s 24 million people live under a violent dictatorship led by a single family, which relentlessly pursues the development of nuclear arms, which periodically incites risky military clashes with the larger, richer, liberal South, and which forces each and every person to play a role in the theater state even as it pays little than lip service to the wellbeing of the overwhelming majority With this profoundly anachronistic system eventually failed in the 1990s, it triggered a famine that decimated the countryside and obliterated the lives of many hundreds of thousands of people However, it also changed the lives of those who survived forever A lawless form of marketization came to replace the iron rice bowl of work in state companies, and the Orwellian mind control of the Korean Workers Party was replaced for many by dreams of trade and profit A new North Korea Society was born from the horrors of the era one that is susceptible to outside information than ever before with the advent of k pop and video carrying USB sticks This is the North Korean society that is described in this book In seven fascinating chapters, the authors explore what life is actually like in modern North Korea today for the ordinary man and woman on the street They interview experts and tap a broad variety of sources to bring a startling new insider s view of North Korean society from members of Pyongyang s ruling families to defectors from different periods and regions, to diplomats and NGOs with years of experience in the country, to cross border traders from neighboring China, and textual accounts appearing in English, Korean and Chinese sources The resulting stories reveal the horror as well as the innovation and humor which abound in this fascinating country. New Read [ North Korea Confidential ] by [ Daniel Tudor ] For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr Daniel Tudor and James Pearson s new book, North Korea Confidential Private Markets, Fashion Trends, Prison Camps, Dissenters and Defectors, seeks to investigate many of the popular misconceptions and myths that have sprung up around North Korea still one of the most reclusive countries on the planet One of their central goals is to cut through the usual hyperbole and rhetoric one often encounters when reading about North Korea to presentof a rounded picture of the actual day to day li Daniel Tudor and James Pearson s new book, North Korea Confidential Private Markets, Fashion Trends, Prison Camps, Dissenters and Defectors, seeks to investigate many of the popular misconceptions and myths that have sprung up around North Korea still one of the most reclusive countries on the planet One of their central goals is to cut through the usual hyperbole and rhetoric one often encounters when reading about North Korea to presentof a rounded picture of the actual day to day life of ordinary citizens there In asking what life is generally like for regular North Korean citizens, they come to several surprising and illuminating conclusions Their core argument is that the devastating famines experienced by the country during the 1990s, coupled with the North Korean government s Arduous ...North Korea is most often presented as a barren wasteland, devoid not only of food and human rights, but also of any real culture or free thought The typical North Korean is portrayed as a sort of robotnik, robbed of agency and the ability to think for themselves In North Korea Confidential, Tudor and Pearson challenge these assumptions by detailing the very capitalist lives of North Koreans today The main premise of this book is that Tudor and Pearson seek to argue that not only has North Ko North Korea is most often presented as a barren wasteland, devoid not only of food and human rights, but also of any real culture or free thought The typical North Korean is portrayed as a sort of robotnik, robbed of agency and the ability to think for themselves In North Korea Confidential, Tudor and Pearson challenge these assumptions by detailing the very capitalist lives of North Koreans today The main premise of this book is that Tudor and Pearson seek to argue that not only has North Korea become a de facto capitalist society, but that this change is a consequence of the 1990 s famine and consequent break down of the food distribution system in the country Their argument grounds modern realities in the historical context required to understand much of the current change occurring in the country in a way that is interesting and easy for the lay read...I ve had a fascination with North Korea for some time now This reads as a very accurate up to date reporting of how the country has adapted after the horrific famine and the government failure to deliver on its societal promise to its people.NORTH KOREA SENTENCES TWO SOUTH KOREAN JOURNALISTS TO DEATH OVER A BOOK REVIEWinI am attempting to read smarter books as in non fiction North Korea is always an interesting topic and inspiration of spectacular memes I ll be seeing a lot of this on my shelves.This book describes how NK s communist regime is nothingthan a corrupt military run state I am not being a hater but merely stating facts The entire black market of NK reflects the same characterist...Practically everything you know about North Korea is wrong That, at least, is the inescapable conclusion to take from reading Daniel Tudor and James Pearson s new book, North Korea Confidential.I exaggerate, of course North Korea is, without question, one of the poorest countries in the world It s ruled by a brutal dictatorship that operates a system of polit...This is a very informative book that contains a lot of practical information on the state of things in North Korea circa 2015 , but it s reallyof a textbook than a history or sociological book It s for people doing hard research, but not really anyone else.A country full of obedient citizens with no way to observe the outside world its own private universe This is what many people imagine when you mention the Democratic People s Republic of Korea, commonly called North Korea North Korea Confidential shows just how false this image is The book starts by explaining the currency of the country and explaining the exchange to common currencies such as the US Dollar Authors Daniel Tudor and James Pearson then go on to explain how it is very necess A country full of obedient citizens with no way to observe the outside world its own private universe This is what many people imagine when you mention the Democratic People s Republic of Korea, commonly called North Korea North Korea Confidential shows just how false this image is The book starts by explaining the currency of the country and explaining the exchange to common currencies such as the US Dollar Authors Daniel Tudor and James Pearson then go on to explain how it is very necessary for many North Koreans to engage in less than legal activities in order to obtain enough money to survive The book highlights the fact that, contrary to popular belief, most government officials know about these illegal activities but simply allow them to occur or accept bribes for not reporting them North Korea Confidential then goes on to describe other aspects of a North Koreans life such as entertainment Entertainment in this country now commonly inclu...A nice book on the subtle changes happening in North Korea For those with a keen interest in the country it tackles some common questions like How much do North Koreans know of the outside world , How do young people think about ordinary things like love and buying clothes , and How do people go about buying things in North Korea The book talks about the emergence of small albeit important pockets of free trade and access to information from the outs...It s safe to say that I knew relatively nothing about North Korea, and yet I was still able to follow along and understand the topics the authors brought up In fact everything was explained incredibly well and not in a boring manner It was anything but dry which is quite the feat with a nonfiction book coming from someone who rarely ever reads nonfiction T...

19 March 2018

Daniel Tudor