Without You, There Is No Us
Undercover Among the Sons of North Korea's Elite
by Suki Kim
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“2 books I love: Without You, There Is No Us, by Suki Kim. Billy Martin: Baseball?s Flawed Genius, by Bill Pennington. | It’s like no other book I’ve ever read. It’s a look into a society and culture objectively, yet humanizing, terrifying, amazing”
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Recommended by 5 sources and appears in North Korea, About Korea, and Most Recommended Books.
A haunting memoir of teaching English to the sons of North Korea's ruling class during the last six months of Kim Jongil's reign Every day, three times a day, the students march in two straight lines, singing praises to Kim Jongil and North Korea: Without you, there is no motherland. Without you, there is no us. It is a chilling scene, but grad...
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“2 books I love: Without You, There Is No Us, by Suki Kim. Billy Martin: Baseball?s Flawed Genius, by Bill Pennington. | It’s like no other book I’ve ever read. It’s a look into a society and culture objectively, yet humanizing, terrifying, amazing”
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