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Record Nr.

UNINA9910787357203321

Autore

Tudor Daniel

Titolo

North Korea confidential : private markets, fashion trends, prison camps, dissenters and defectors / / Daniel Tudor, James Pearson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Tokyo, [Japan] : , : Tuttle Publishing, , 2015

Clarendon, Vermont : , : Tuttle Publishing, , [date of distribution not identified]

©2015

ISBN

1-4629-1512-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (225 p.)

Disciplina

323.095193

Soggetti

Human rights - Korea (North)

Korea (North) Social conditions

Korea (North) Social life and customs

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

""Frontcover""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Introduction""; ""Thanks and Acknowledgments""; ""Chapter 1 ""; ""Chapter 2""; ""Chapter 3""; ""Chapter 4""; ""Chapter 5""; ""Chapter 6""; ""Chapter 7""; ""EPILOGUE""; ""Index""

Sommario/riassunto

North Korea is one of the most controlled and isolated societies on earth, but what is it actually like to live there? How do you make money in a failed economy? How do you have fun under a violent, repressive dictatorship, and how does the secretive and infamous prison camp system work? Read this book to find out. North Korea Confidential explains how the devastating famine of the 1990's became a catalyst for a network of black markets which have created a new generation of North Korean capitalists. From skinny jeans, to home-made booze, where there's a market for it, today's North Koreans can