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[robyn1882]

Does anyone know some good reads on North Korea. I heard of a few, but I can't remember. Would any english bookstore sell it?

[Guri Guy]

I have seen a few on North Korea in Bandi and Luni's in COEX Mall. I think Kyobo in Gwanghwamun also has a few North Korean books.
There is also a documentary on North Korea coming up on Discovery channel.

[Squid]

I have just finished reading "Under the Loving Care of the Fatherly Leader" by Bradley K. Martin, which I bought at Libro bookstore at Suwon station. I'm sure Kyobo will carry it too. It is a jaw-dropping read, and provides quite a comprehensive modern history of Korea into the bargain.
I strongly recommend it.

[Lizara]

[billybrobby]

I bought a book called "North Korea" by Bruce Cummings and I read a bit of it and it was f*cking terrible. I know its not fair to say that about a book if you don't read the whole thing, but the bit I did read was so incoherent. maybe i'll give it another shot someday.

If you want something to read for free, google "A Year in Pyongyang." It's about a guy who spent...well...you get it.

[bluelake]

Here is a list you might find interesting, although a couple years old (sorry about not formatting it):

Don Oberdorfer The Two Koreas: A Contemporary History Addison-Wesley

Sung Chul Yang The North and South Korean Political Systems Westview Press

Charles K. Armstrong The North Korean Revolution, 1945-1950 Cornell University

Andrei Lankov From Stalin to Kim Il Sung: the Formation of North Korea, 1945-1960 Rutgers University

Kongdan Oh and Ralph C. Hassig North Korea Throgh the Looking Glass Brookings Institution Press

Dae-Sook Suh Kim Il Sung: the North Korean Leader Columbia University

Bruce Cumings The Origins of the Korean War, Vols 1-2 Princeton University

Buzo, Adrian, The Making of Modern Korea London & N.Y.: Routledge

Han S. Park North Korea. The politics of Unconventional Wisdom Lynne Reinner Publishers

Okonogi Masao North Korea at the Crossroads Japan Institute of International Affairs

Chong-Sik Lee The North Korean Policy and Its Strategies Toward South Korea Praeger Publishers

Tae-Hwan Kwak and Wayne Patterson The Two Koreas in World Politics, The Institute for Far Eastern Studies Kyungnam University

Kim Byong-sik Modern Korea: The Socialist North, Revolutionary Perspective New York: International Publishers

Wayne A. Kirkbride North Korea's Undeclared War Hollym

Joseph S. Bermudez, Jr. Terrorism, the North Korean Connection Crane Russak

Buzo, Adrian The Guerilla Dynasty: Politics and Leadership in North Korea Boulder: Westview Press

David R. McCann Korea Briefing: Toward Reunification M.E.Sharpe

Samuel S. Kim The North Korean System in the Post-Cold War Era Palgrave

Byun Dae-Ho North Korea�s Foreign Policy: The Juche Ideology Research Center for Peace and Unification

Oh Kongdan, Hassig, Ralph C., Korea Briefing 2000-2001: First Steps Toward Reconciliation Armonk: M.E.Sharpe

Byung Chul Koh The Korean Peninsula in Transition: The Summit and Its Aftermath Kyungnam University

Norman D. Levin, Yong-Sup Han Sunshine in Korea: the South Korea Debate over Policies toward North Korea RAND

Marcus Noland Avoiding the Apocalypse: the Future of the Two Koreas Institute for International Economics

Nicholas Eberstadt The End of North Korea AEI Press

Dae-Sook Suh, Chae-Jin Lee North Korea after Kim Il Sung Lynne Reinner Publishers

Roy Richard Grinker Korea and its Future: Unification and the Unfinished War St. Martin's Press

Nicholas Eberstadt Korea Approaches Reunification Armonk: M.E.Sharpe

Andrew S. Natsios The Great North Korean Famine United States Insitute of peace press

Selig S. Harrison Korean Endgame: a Strategy for Reunification and U.S. Princeton University

Samuel S. Kim and Tai Hwan Lee North Korea in Northeast Asia Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc

Nicholas Eberstadt,Richard Ellings Korea's Future and the Great Powers National Bureau of Asian Research

Scott Snyder Negotiating on the Edge: North Korean Negotiating Behavior United States Insitute of peace press

[jajdude]

The only book I read about NK was "The Aquariums of Pyongyang." It was really enough for me, to confirm what a messed up place it is. It is short too.

The newspaper on the internet is quite a joke too.

[WorldWide]

There is a good graphic novel about North Korea.

'Pyongyang:A Journey in North Korea' by Guy Delisle

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