Ask a North Korean, Daniel Tudor
Ask a North Korean, Daniel Tudor
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Ask a North Korean
Defectors Talk About Their Lives Inside the World's Most Secretive Nation

Author: Daniel Tudor, Andrei Lankov

Narrator: P. J. Ochlan, Greta Jung

Unabridged: 9 hr 28 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/20/2018


Synopsis

Understanding North Korean Through the Eyes of Defectors.The weekly column Ask a North Korean, published by NK News, invites readers from around the world to pose questions to North Korean defectors. By way of these fascinating interviews, the North Koreans themselves provide authentic firsthand testimonies about what is happening inside the "Hermit Kingdom."North Korean contributors to this book include:"Seong" who came to South Korea after dropping out during his final year of his university. He is now training to be an elementary school teacher."Kang" who left North Korea in 2005. He now lives in London, England."Cheol" who was from South Hamgyeong in North Korea and is now a second-year university student in Seoul."Park" worked and studied in Pyongyang before defecting to the U.S. in 2011. He is now studying at a U.S. college.This book sheds critical light on all aspects of North Korean politics and society and shows that even in the world's most authoritarian regime, life goes on in ways that are very different from what you may think.

About Daniel Tudor

Daniel Tudor has lived in Seoul for many years and served as Korea Correspondent for The Economist from 2010 – 2013. His first book Korea: The Impossible Country received strong praise and has been translated into many languages. His subsequent book, North Korea Confidential (with James Pearson), was selected by The Economist as one of the best books of 2015.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Steph on January 08, 2020

While reading this book I felt mentally scattered. Many of the essays lack focus and jump around, and back and forth, between the question at hand and extra details. The extra details are great but could be presented better. I feel like this is an editing problem. There is a difference in thought pa......more

Goodreads review by Caitlin on April 02, 2018

This book is presented in a Q&A format, as it's an extrapolation of a column. Broken up into several sections, the interviewer speaks to several North Korean defectors living in South Korea, England and America. It was a compelling read because it focused mostly on the daily lives of those people wh......more

Goodreads review by Paige on June 04, 2018

3.5/5 stars A very interesting read for someone like me, who has been learning about North Korea over the last five years and has a good grasp on the history, society, and current climate. I wouldn't suggest this as the first book someone ever reads about NK (maybe 'Escape from Camp 14' or 'Nothing t......more

Goodreads review by City on December 10, 2021

The ending could have been better.......more