North Korea's Hidden Revolution
How the Information Underground is Transforming a Closed Society

I started reading this to pretend I was working on my PhD and Baek Jieun delivered because she literally had chapters and diagrams of stuff I needed but couldn't find for my research. I would hug her if I could and, who knows, maybe I will be able to one day. Also, it is rare for me to read a book or......more

I was a little disappointed with this one, but it might just be that I've gotten picky about my books about North Korea because I've read so many so recently. It's a very recent book, so the defector stories are about people who were born during or after the famine and grew up with some free market......more

"A North Korean citizen has one freedom, which is the freedom to be born. Every event that occurs after an infant’s birth is officially determined by the state..." This was a very informative and interesting book. The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (or DPRK). You couldn't cram more irony into a......more

This book would pair well with The Real North Korea, it shows how capitalism has infiltrated the North, with most people resorting to doing business in order to survive. The book interviews many North Korean defectors about the effects of watching foreign entertainment secretively and how it influen......more

This book is a fascinating read. Probably the most in depth look into modern North Korea that I've come across so far.......more