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North Korea Undercover: Inside the World's Most Secret State

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Description for North Korea Undercover: Inside the World's Most Secret State Paperback. North Korea is like no other tyranny on earth. It is Orwell's 1984 made reality. The regime controls the flow of information to its citizens, pouring relentless propaganda through omnipresent loud speakers. Free speech is an illusion: one word out of line and the gulag awaits. Num Pages: 400 pages, illustrations (colour). BIC Classification: 1FPKN; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 278.

North Korea is like no other tyranny on earth. It is Orwell’s 1984 made reality.

The regime controls the flow of information to its citizens, pouring relentless propaganda through omnipresent loud speakers. 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.


You must bow to Kim Il Sung, the Eternal Leader and to his son, Generalissimo Kim Jong Il. Worship the dead and then hail the living, the Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un.


North Koreans are told their ... Read more


Posing as a university professor, award-winning BBC journalist John Sweeney travelled undercover to gain unprecedented access to the world’s most secret state. Drawing on his own experiences and his extensive interviews with defectors and other key witnesses, 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.

Sweeney’s highly engaging, authoritative account illuminates the dark side of the Hermit Kingdom and challenges the West’s perception of this paranoid nationalist state.

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Corgi
Condition
New
Number of Pages
400
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780552170345
SKU
9780552170345
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1

About John Sweeney
John Sweeney is a writer and journalist who, when working for the BBC, has challenged dictators, despots, cult leaders, con artists and crooked businessmen for many years. Sweeney has covered wars and chaos in one hundred countries and been undercover to a number of tyrannies, including Chechnya, North Korea and Zimbabwe. The author of fifteen books including the Sunday Times ... Read more

Reviews for North Korea Undercover: Inside the World's Most Secret State
Sweeney's book is a spark in the dark of North Korea.
The Times
The recent UN report on North Korea under-lined the importance of Sweeney's book. There is much to learn from North Korea Undercover.
Literary Review
Harrowing... creepy and poignant; and, in turn, tragic and obscene. North Korea Undercover asserts that the West should be ... Read more

Goodreads reviews for North Korea Undercover: Inside the World's Most Secret State


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