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North of the 38th Parallel: What Life Is Like in North Korea

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North Korea, still incredibly secretive, is ceasing to be a "black box" for the world. It seems that the radical social experiment that began there in the 1940s is coming to an end. And behind it are the destinies of people - countless lives. The famous orientalist and publicist Andrei Lankov tells about how these lives were lived and what is happening in the country now.

The author has repeatedly visited North Korea and communicated with people from various walks of life. These are state security officers and smugglers, North Korean new rich and defectors, intellectuals (whom it seems prestigious to be, but still dangerous) and drivers (whom it is both safe and still prestigious to be).

The book tells about technologies (from exotic gas-generator engines to the North Korean Internet) and monuments to leaders, about houses and trains, about hunger and delicacies - about the daily life of North Koreans, their worries, anxieties and joys. About how the DPRK is gradually and reluctantly opening up to the world.
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