Comment by 39896880
1 year ago
It tends to be accurate. If you want to read more, see Demick, 2009: “Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea” [0]
1 year ago
It tends to be accurate. If you want to read more, see Demick, 2009: “Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea” [0]
There are lots of authors and journalists who either go there, or interview people who escaped. I think we learn a lot more from them than we would by taking a heavily curated tour of pre-screened sites.
i read that book a couple years ago. the broad strokes tend to be accurate but obviously people understand north korea as much as they understand italy based on Italian tropes.
Perhaps if NK wanted to be understood they'd allow tourists to come in and wander around and talk to the happy natives.
Just answer us this: is an NK citizen free to emigrate to some other country?