Tuttle Publishing
North Korea Confidential: Private Markets, Fashion Trends, Prison Camps, Dissenters and Defectors
Key Metrics
- Daniel Tudor
- Tuttle Publishing
- Paperback
- 9780804852265
- 8 X 5.1 X 0.8 inches
- 0.6 pounds
- Social Science > Developing & Emerging Countries
- English
Secure TransactionBook Description
This fascinating book by celebrated journalists Daniel Tudor and James Pearson explores that very question. The authors interview experts and tap a broad variety of sources to provide a startling insider's view of the secretive North Korean society, including:
- Members of Pyongyang's ruling families
- Defectors from different periods and regions
- Foreign diplomats and NGOs with years of experience in the country
- Cross-border traders from neighboring China
- Textual accounts appearing in English, Korean and Chinese sources
This book reveals that ordinary North Koreans, poor and rich alike, enjoy listening to K-pop music and are addicted to South Korean TV dramas--in direct contravention of government dictates. Pirated foreign movies and shows--American, South Korean and Chinese--are often smuggled into the country and sold. Such snippets of information help the reader understand that North Korea is undergoing dynamic changes, affecting the 24 million people who call it home.
This new edition is updated with an afterword by the authors that touches on Kim Jong-un's recent meetings with Donald Trump and Moon Jae-in. While the new foreword by Andray Abrahamian--a member of the U.S. National Committee on North Korea--offers a detailed analysis of North Korea's political discourse, changes in economic policy, and the rise and fall of optimism within the country since 2018.
Author Bio
Daniel Tudor is a British journalist who holds a degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from the University of Oxford, an MBA from the University of Manchester and moved to Korea a decade ago.
Tudor has worked as Korea correspondent for The Economist, written for several Korean newspapers and opened a chain of craft beer pubs in Seoul.
He is the author of three books on Korea. The first one, “Korea – The Impossible Country”, was published in 2012; A Geek in Korea – Discovering Asia’s New Kingdom of Cool” in 2014.
North Korea Confidential: Private Markets, Fashion Trends, Prison Camps, Dissenters and Defectors in 2015 was selected by The Economist as one of the best books of 2015.
He is now based in London as co-founder of Byline.com, a crowdfunded journalism platform and he is also co-founder of Seoul-based The Booth Brewing Company
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