The hidden people of North Korea everyday life in the hermit kingdom
This unique book, now fully updated, provides a comprehensive overview of all aspects of life in North Korea today. Drawing on decades of experience, noted experts Ralph Hassig and Kongdan Oh explore a world few outsiders can imagine. In vivid detail, the authors describe how the secretive and autho...
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| Call Number : | DS 932.7 .H37 2015 |
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| 245 | 1 | 4 | |a The hidden people of North Korea |b everyday life in the hermit kingdom |c Ralph Hassig and Kongdan Oh |
| 250 | |a Second edition | ||
| 264 | 1 | |a Lanham |b Rowman & Litlefield |c [2015] | |
| 264 | 4 | |c ©2015 | |
| 300 | |a ix, 233 pages |b illustrations |c 23 cm | ||
| 336 | |a text |2 rdacontent | ||
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| 338 | |a volume |2 rdacarrier | ||
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references and index | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a Introduction: land of illusions -- The country of the three Kims -- The struggling national economy -- The emerging people's economy -- Propaganda, news, and South Korean soap operas -- Public declarations and private thoughts -- The human rights deficit -- Silent defectors -- Faint light at the end of the tunnel. | |
| 520 | |a This unique book, now fully updated, provides a comprehensive overview of all aspects of life in North Korea today. Drawing on decades of experience, noted experts Ralph Hassig and Kongdan Oh explore a world few outsiders can imagine. In vivid detail, the authors describe how the secretive and authoritarian government of Kim Jong-un shapes every aspect of its citizens' lives, how the command socialist economy has utterly failed, and how ordinary individuals struggle to survive through small-scale capitalism. Weighing the very limited individual rights allowed, the authors illustrate how the political class system and the legal system serve solely as tools of the regime. | ||
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| 600 | 1 | 0 | |a Kim, Chŏng-il |d 1942-2011 |x Influence |
| 650 | 0 | |a Political culture |z Korea (North) | |
| 651 | 0 | |a Korea (North) |x Social life and customs | |
| 651 | 0 | |a Korea (North) |x Social conditions | |
| 651 | 0 | |a Korea (North) |x Economic conditions | |
| 651 | 0 | |a Korea (North) |x Politics and government |y 1994- | |
| 700 | 1 | |a Oh, Kong Dan |e author | |
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