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North Korea undercover : inside the world's most secret state

Title
North Korea undercover : inside the world's most secret state / John Sweeney.
Author
Sweeney, John, 1958-
Publication
London : Bantam Press, 2013.

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Description
306 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations; 24 cm
Summary
In March 2013 BBC Panorama reporter John Sweeney went undercover to gain unprecedented access to North Korea. Posing as a university professor, Sweeney saw the reality behind the world's most secret state. He spoke to people who have seen the horrific dark side of the regime and saw things which have been hidden for years from the eyes of the western world: huge factories with no staff or electricity; uniformed child soldiers working in a zoo; and the world-famous and eerily empty DMZ - the De-Militarized Zone where North Korea ends and South Korea starts - all framed by the relentless flow of regime propaganda from omnipresent and crackly loudspeakers. The book covers the country's troubled history.
Subject
  • Sweeney, John, 1958- > Travel > Korea (North)
  • Sweeney, John, > Travel > Korea (North)
  • Sweeney, John, 1958-
  • Since 2000
  • Travel and Tourism
  • Politics and government
  • Travel
  • Korea (North) > History > 21st century
  • Korea (North) > Politics and government > 2011-
  • Korea (North) > Description and travel
  • Korea (North)
Genre/Form
History.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
1. In the land of the plastic toad -- 2. Zombie gods seep goo -- 3. God the waxwork father -- 4. "No photos, no photos" -- 5. Jimmy the gold-smuggler -- 6. Pyongyang Zoo -- 7. Scariest place on Earth -- 8. Facing the final curtain -- 9. Cruel Christs of pus -- 10. Pissing on marble -- 11. "Would the Dear Leader not be offended by such a gift?" -- 12. Man who went to North Korea and came back mad -- 13. Washing of brains -- 14. God the bad Elvis son -- 15. Fifty shades of green -- 16. Empty bellies -- 17. American who went to North Korea and stayed -- 18. Hospital that has patients, but only in the morning -- 19. Gulag circus -- 20. God the fat boy Kim.
ISBN
  • 9780593072974
  • 0593072979
  • 9780593072981
  • 0593072987
  • 9780552170345
  • 0552170348
LCCN
2013496145
OCLC
  • ocn863579493
  • 863579493
  • SCSB-14477036
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library