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The Aquariums of Pyongyang: Ten years in the North Korean gulag by Kang Chol-Hwan and Pierre Rigoulot (Basic Books, 2002)
Personal documentation of life in a North Korean labour camp from a survivor and escapee of one of the communist regime's prisons. The author documents the extreme conditions in these gulags and provides a personal insight into life in North Korea. Part historical document, part memoir, part political tract, this record of one man's suffering gives eyewitness proof of an ongoing sorrowful chapter of modern history.
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Personal documentation of life in a North Korean labour camp from a survivor and escapee of one of the communist regime's prisons. The author documents the extreme conditions in these gulags and provides a personal insight into life in North Korea. Part historical document, part memoir, part political tract, this record of one man's suffering gives eyewitness proof of an ongoing sorrowful chapter of modern history.
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Avoiding the Apocalypse: The future of the two Koreas by Marcus Noland (The Institute for International Economics, 2000)
Korea is experiencing three crises: a famine in the North, a confrontation over the North's nuclear weapons programme, and now an economic crisis in the South. This volume examines the implications of these crises for Korea, the United States, and others with interests in the peninsula.
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Korea is experiencing three crises: a famine in the North, a confrontation over the North's nuclear weapons programme, and now an economic crisis in the South. This volume examines the implications of these crises for Korea, the United States, and others with interests in the peninsula.
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Inside North Korea: Diary of a mad place by Norbert Vollertson (Encounter Books, 2004)
In 1999 a German Doctor joined a medical assistance team and was sent to North Korea where people had no water, no medicine and no sanitation. Eight year old children were forced to work at night to build a 'Youth Hero Motorway'. Mass starvation was used as a tool of political control. People everywhere were under surveillance, informed on by their own family members. Vollertsen tried to show foreign journalists what he had discovered and was harassed by the North Korean government until they finally deported him at the end of 2001.
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In 1999 a German Doctor joined a medical assistance team and was sent to North Korea where people had no water, no medicine and no sanitation. Eight year old children were forced to work at night to build a 'Youth Hero Motorway'. Mass starvation was used as a tool of political control. People everywhere were under surveillance, informed on by their own family members. Vollertsen tried to show foreign journalists what he had discovered and was harassed by the North Korean government until they finally deported him at the end of 2001.
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This is Paradise! by Hyok Kang (Little Brown, July 2005)
Shocking and moving portrayal of everyday life in North Korea through the eyes of a child. Kang writes of the public executions, the labour camps and mines, the punishment for 'anti-social behaviour', and the spies everywhere who help enforce the brutal regime. His story of suffering and survival – he finally managed to escape to China - is a rare glimpse into a nation closed to the outside world.
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Shocking and moving portrayal of everyday life in North Korea through the eyes of a child. Kang writes of the public executions, the labour camps and mines, the punishment for 'anti-social behaviour', and the spies everywhere who help enforce the brutal regime. His story of suffering and survival – he finally managed to escape to China - is a rare glimpse into a nation closed to the outside world.
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Under the Loving Care of the Fatherly Leader: North Korea and the Kim Dynasty by Bradley K Martin (Thomas Dunne Books, 2004)
Hailed as the most comprehensive English-language book ever written on North Korea. The author successfully combines History, society, travel writing and political analysis in a way that makes it totally accessible even to those not acquainted with this subject.
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Hailed as the most comprehensive English-language book ever written on North Korea. The author successfully combines History, society, travel writing and political analysis in a way that makes it totally accessible even to those not acquainted with this subject.
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Are they telling the Truth? NK Prison Camp Eyewitness Accounts
Over 100 experiences, related by 5 different survivors of the prison camps, are available in this e-book, which may be downloaded for free from this page. The book contains harrowing stories of prisoners stealing pig slops for survival, Christians murdered for refusing to convert and a child kicked into a dung bucket and beaten to death.
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Over 100 experiences, related by 5 different survivors of the prison camps, are available in this e-book, which may be downloaded for free from this page. The book contains harrowing stories of prisoners stealing pig slops for survival, Christians murdered for refusing to convert and a child kicked into a dung bucket and beaten to death.
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A Long Way to Freedom by Douglas Comish (Downloadable in Word FREE or can be shipped anywhere)
The compelling story of one refugee family's journey to safety following a daring escape from North Korea, then years of hiding. Researcher Douglas Comish spent months interviewing refugees hiding in China, then writing the story of their daily struggle to survive. Lulu is an online publisher where individuals can publish their own works really cheaply. As they print and ship each book as it is purchased the buyer pays the cost.
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