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1 online resource |
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The North Korean markets : how they work, where they are, and how much things cost -- Leisure time in North Korea -- Who is in charge? -- Crime and punishment in North Korea -- Clothes, fashion, and trends -- Communications -- Social division -- Epilogue : Will North Korea collapse? |
| Summary |
Private Markets, Fashion Trends, Prison Camps, Dissenters and Defectors. North Korea is one of the most troubled societies on earth. The country's 24 million people live under a violent dictatorship led by a single family, which relentlessly pursues the development of nuclear arms, which periodically incites risky military clashes with the larger, richer, liberal South, and which forces each and every person to play a role in the ""theater state"" even as it pays little more than lip service to the wellbeing of the overwhelming majority. In seven fascinating chapters the authors explore what li. |
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eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Crime -- Korea (North)
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Crime. |
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Korea (North) |
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Fashion -- Korea (North)
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Fashion. |
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Korea (North) -- Social conditions -- 21st century.
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Social conditions. |
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21st century |
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Korea (North) -- History -- 21st century.
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History. |
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2000-2099 |
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Electronic books.
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History.
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Pearson, James (Journalist)
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Tudor, Daniel. North Korea Confidential : Private Markets, Fashion Trends, Prison Camps, Dissenters and Defectors. New York : Tuttle Publishing, ©2015 9780804844581 |
| ISBN |
9781462915125 (electronic book) |
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1462915124 (electronic book) |
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9780804844581 |
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0804844585 |
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