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[Yu_Bum_suk]

I recently finished it and found it thoroughly enjoyable, if not highly organised. It really made me want to go visit NK. What I found especially amusing was to see so many of the same tendencies in the North as I've found in the South, just on a much greater scale.[/i]

[SuperFly]

give us some more meat please...

[Yu_Bum_suk]

It's the story of a young Englishman, apparently the first invited to NK, who gets a job working as an editor for their state press' English translations in the late 80s. After seven years he gets quite a feel for the place, but his departure is imminent after, would you guess it, a drunken altercation with ajosshi-babo. In his seven years he gets to have quite a few interesting adventures, but never really gets to see how real Norks live or gain their confidence in all his time there.

It's a very fast and entertaining read, especially to someone already somewhat familiar with part of kimchi-land.

[SuperFly]

Nice, gotta read it.

[jaganath69]

An easy read, tonnes of good insights but a little gushing, overly sentimental and gagworthy at times. However, its novelty as one of the few first-hand westerner's accounts of the country mean it's a must read for those interested in North Korea.

[animalbirdfish]

[Captain Corea]

I read it a year back and was dissapointed.

It never seemed to go anywhere... just rambled on.

Much better books out there.

[periwinkle]

Where did you buy the book?

[animalbirdfish]

[jaganath69]

I bought mine at whatthebook in Itaewon. www.whatthebook.com