Kim Il-song's North Korea
- ISBN-10
- 0275962962
- ISBN-13
- 9780275962968
- Category
- Business & Economics
- Pages
- 262
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1999
- Publisher
- Greenwood Publishing Group
- Author
- Helen-Louise Hunter
Description
Provides the first authoritative look inside North Korea, detailing the everyday life of people living in the world's most isolated country in the world.
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