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020 $a9781681772233
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050 4 $aDS935.7775$b.S94 2015
082 14 $a951.93
100 1 $aSweeney, John.
245 10 $aNorth Korea undercover :$binside the world's most secret state /$cJohn Sweeney.
264 1 $aNew York :$bPegasus Books,$c2016.
300 $axix, 306 pages :$billustrations, sixteen unnumbered pages of plates ;$c23 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
500 $aIncludes index.
505 0 $aIn the land of the plastic toad -- Zombie gods seep goo -- God the waxwork father -- 'No photos, no photos' -- Jimmy the gold-smuggler -- Pyongyang Zoo -- The scariest place on earth -- Facing the final curtain -- Cruel Christs of pus -- Pissing on marble -- 'Would the Dear Leader not be offended by such a gift?' -- The man who went to North Korea and came back mad -- The washing of brains -- God the bad Elvis son -- Fifty shades of green -- Empty bellies -- The American who went to North Korea and stayed -- The hospital that has patients, but only in the morning -- The gulag crisis -- God the fat boy Kim.
520 $aNorth Korea is like no other tyranny on earth. Its citizens are told their home is the greatest nation on earth. Big Brother is always watching. It is Orwell's 1984 made reality. Award-winning BBC journalist John Sweeney is one of the few foreign journalists to have witnessed the devastating reality of life in the controversial and isolated nation of North Korea, having entered the country undercover, posing as a university professor with a group of students from the London School of Economics. Huge factories with no staff or electricity; hospitals with no patients; uniformed child soldiers; and the world-famous and eerily empty DMZ - the Demilitarized Zone, where North Korea ends and South Korea begins - all framed by the relentless flow of regime propaganda from omnipresent loudspeakers. Free speech is an illusion: one word out of line and the gulag awaits. State spies are everywhere, ready to punish disloyalty and the slightest sign of discontent. Drawing on his own experiences and his extensive interviews with defectors and other key witnesses, John Sweeney's North Korea Undercover pulls back the curtain, providing a rare insight into life there today, examining the country's troubled history and addressing important questions about its uncertain future.
600 10 $aKim, Chŏng-il,$d1942-2011.
600 10 $aKim, Il-sŏng,$d1912-1994.
600 10 $aKim, Chŏng-ŭn,$d1984-
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600 17 $aKim, Il-sŏng,$d1912-1994.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst00032922
651 0 $aKorea (North)
651 0 $aKorea (North)$xPolitics and government.
651 0 $aKorea (North)$xEconomic conditions.
650 7 $aEconomic history.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst00901974
650 7 $aPolitics and government.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01919741
651 7 $aKorea (North)$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01214151
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