Without You, There Is No Us
Undercover Among the Sons of North Korea's Elite
by Suki Kim · first published 2014
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>What do the 'wealthy' look like in NK? Suki Kim's “Without You, There Is No Us” (2014) offers a perspective from the time she spent there. >What do they do on a daily basis, for work, fun, etc? It just seems to isolated They are mostly isolated to Pyongyang where they live bureaucratic…
on “China orders N.K. firms to close down within 120 days” ↗…to say, a successful reunification of the Korean peninsula would benefit future generations of North Koreans as well. If you're curious, here are the books which formed my impression on the subject: "Without You, There Is No Us," https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00JTC9QBO/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?... "The Cleanest Race: How North Koreans See Themselves and Why it Matters," https://www.amazon.com/dp/B004EWETZW/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?...…
on “Missiles of North Korea” ↗you might like "Without You There Is No Us," a memoir by a foreign national hired to work at a boarding school for the children of the NK party elite
on “My doomed career as a North Korean novelist” ↗