Real North Korea

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1. matteorasoMay 2025
   Maybe not exactly what you're looking for, but I highly recommend "The Real North Korea" by Andrei Lankov. It really helped to demystify the country for me.
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2. pokoleoOct 2017
   This is continual posturing from the Chinese government. They’re incentivized to retain the DPRK or risk a humanitarian crisis on their border. As long as North Korea doesn’t destabilize the region itself, China will continue to prop them up.

   If you’re interested in this topic, read “The Real North Korea: Life and Politics in the Failed Stalinist Utopia” by Andrei Lankov.

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