
North Korea Confidential
Private Markets, Fashion Trends, Prison Camps, Dissenters and Defectors
No se pudo agregar al carrito
Add to Cart failed.
Error al Agregar a Lista de Deseos.
Error al eliminar de la lista de deseos.
Error al añadir a tu biblioteca
Error al seguir el podcast
Error al dejar de seguir el podcast

Compra ahora por $16.00
-
Narrado por:
-
Derek Perkins
**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 more 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 more 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.
©2015 Daniel Tudor & James Pearson (P)2018 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reservedListeners also enjoyed...




















Las personas que vieron esto también vieron:










It is a good read for anyone who wants to learn about North Korea and has no prior knowledge of the country.
Derek Perkins's performance, as always, is 10/10.
What's everyday life like in North Korea?
Se ha producido un error. Vuelve a intentarlo dentro de unos minutos.
Incredibly Insightful
Se ha producido un error. Vuelve a intentarlo dentro de unos minutos.
Really interesting
Se ha producido un error. Vuelve a intentarlo dentro de unos minutos.
not a defector story, very great knowledge
Se ha producido un error. Vuelve a intentarlo dentro de unos minutos.
Interesting portrait of North Korea marred by awful pronunciation
Se ha producido un error. Vuelve a intentarlo dentro de unos minutos.
Great all around
Se ha producido un error. Vuelve a intentarlo dentro de unos minutos.
Hooked me for one day
Se ha producido un error. Vuelve a intentarlo dentro de unos minutos.
intresting ,but the final analysis is flawed
Se ha producido un error. Vuelve a intentarlo dentro de unos minutos.
Very informative
Se ha producido un error. Vuelve a intentarlo dentro de unos minutos.
Interesting. Poor narration
Se ha producido un error. Vuelve a intentarlo dentro de unos minutos.