The hidden people of North Korea : everyday life in the hermit kingdom /
Hassig, Ralph C.,
The hidden people of North Korea : everyday life in the hermit kingdom / Ralph Hassig and Kongdan Oh. - Second edition. - Lanham, Maryland : Rowman and Littlefield, (c)2015. - 1 online resource (ix, 233 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates )
Includes bibliographies and index.
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.
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.
9781442237193
2021676903
Kim, Chŏng-ŭn, 1984- --Influence.
Kim, Chŏng-il, 1942-2011 --Influence.
Political culture--Korea (North)
Electronic Books.
DS932 / .H533 2015
The hidden people of North Korea : everyday life in the hermit kingdom / Ralph Hassig and Kongdan Oh. - Second edition. - Lanham, Maryland : Rowman and Littlefield, (c)2015. - 1 online resource (ix, 233 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates )
Includes bibliographies and index.
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.
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.
9781442237193
2021676903
Kim, Chŏng-ŭn, 1984- --Influence.
Kim, Chŏng-il, 1942-2011 --Influence.
Political culture--Korea (North)
Electronic Books.
DS932 / .H533 2015