Barbara Demerick has a book about North Korea 'Nothing to Envy'. There is woman who was a doctor in North Korea who escaped and she relates that when Kim Jong 2 died she remembers being surprised because she didn't think he could die (something along those lines). Intelligent enough to be a doctor but mentally captured enough to disregar…
Barbara Demerick has a book about North Korea 'Nothing to Envy'. There is woman who was a doctor in North Korea who escaped and she relates that when Kim Jong 2 died she remembers being surprised because she didn't think he could die (something along those lines). Intelligent enough to be a doctor but mentally captured enough to disregard what is probably common sense. Just a real life example of what Urban was displaying. Good book too.
Barbara Demerick has a book about North Korea 'Nothing to Envy'. There is woman who was a doctor in North Korea who escaped and she relates that when Kim Jong 2 died she remembers being surprised because she didn't think he could die (something along those lines). Intelligent enough to be a doctor but mentally captured enough to disregard what is probably common sense. Just a real life example of what Urban was displaying. Good book too.
Excellent book! And now, Yeonmi Park, who escaped from North Korea, speaks of similar connections as she has watched the US become more authoritarian.
That is a fantastic book! I read it while living in S Korea.
That's interesting, do you think South Koreans had an interest in the book? I mean generally.