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Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea Barbara Demick
Publisher: Spiegel & Grau

Jack Rendler, Amnesty International's country specialist on North Korea, will give an update on current issues in communist North Korea. Demick speaking about her book, "Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea" on NPR a few weeks ago and considering my fascination with North Korea, thought this would be a good read. These are the six particular citizens who have lived in the risk .They faced the Demick demonstrates the ordinary nation lives like they found the negative effects of the previous two decades, social adversity time, food shortage and financial fall down. The awarding of the 2012 Shorenstein Journalism Award to Barbara Demick, Beijing bureau chief for the Los Angeles Times, author of “Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea” and long-time North Korea watcher. Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea, Barbara Demick (2010). She took the interview of different six people. €�Is Psy from North Korea?” No, no he's not. Award-Winning Journalist Barbara Demick’s NOTHING TO ENVY: Ordinary Lives in North Korea. Few people have any idea what goes on in North Korea—not just because they're ignorant, but because it's difficult to get any information on the topic. Wednesday, November 14, 7:00-8:30 pm, room 329. Nothing to Envy Introduction The book “Nothing to Envy” describes the life of six different North Koreans. What clues do we get in the book about how the North Korean government maintained control after most other communist regimes collapsed or introduced major reforms? Barbara Demick is the author of this story.