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The mass media in North Korea is amongst the most strictly controlled in the world. The constitution nominally provides for freedom of speech and the press. However, the government routinely disregards these rights, and seeks to mold information at its source. A typical example of this was the death of Kim Jong Il, news of which was not ...
He runs a North Korea-themed Livejournal blog in Russian, where he writes about life in North (and South) Korea, together with his musings and links to his publications. He has written a column for the English-language daily The Korea Times for 15 years and also for Bloomberg News and Al Jazeera English.
ISBN. 0385523904. Dewey Decimal. 951.93. Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea is a 2009 nonfiction book by Los Angeles Times journalist Barbara Demick, based on interviews with North Korean refugees from the city of Chongjin who had escaped North Korea. [1] [2] In 2010, the book was awarded the BBC Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction.
NK News is an American subscription-based news website that provides stories and analysis about North Korea. Established in 2011, it is headquartered in Seoul, South Korea with reporters in Washington, D.C., and London. [1] Reporting is based on information collected from in-country sources, recently returned western visitors to North Korea ...
Today, women in North Korea participate in a variety of labor forces, and there is a considerable number of women who are in high positions. Also, there are many facilities for women including sanatoria, rest homes, and maternity hospitals. The ratio of women to men in high wage jobs is considerably lower than that of low wage jobs.
The channels featured English-speaking young women, including a girl as young as 11, who claimed to offer an unfiltered look at every day life in North Korea as informal video bloggers, or "vloggers."
About daily life in North Korea, in eight parts [18] 2009 The Spring of Love (사랑의 샘) Drama: About daily life in North Korea, in three parts [18] 2010 The name of that girl (그 처녀의 이름) Drama [23] 2011 Our Women's Soccer Team (우리녀자축구팀) Drama: About daily life in North Korea, in three parts [18] currently 5 parts. 2013
North Korea Confidential (Tuttle, 2015) was co-authored with Reuters journalist James Pearson, and was named one of the best books of 2015 by The Economist. The authors' goal was to peel back the curtain on daily life in North Korea , dispelling myths perpetuated in the Western world.