I recently read “The Aquariums of Pyongyang.” It was an informative read, written by a former NK prisoner.
Adding that to my reading list right now.
If you see the movie, “Crossing”, or read the book, “The Acquariums of Pyomyang”, then in my opinion you have absolutely NO reason to listen to any US adminstration offical ever again regarding the topic of the DPRK —they could teach you absolutely nothing. They would give you long, academic answers to any question you had, and nothing they said would be clear.
In fact, many of them have a very strong interest in the perpetuation of the Nork nightmare.
The most annoying aspect of the problem is the thinking of liberal and middle-of the road SK’ers. Below I summarize the key schizophrenic tenants:
1. Protect us, Uncle Sam.
2. Uncle Sam, you’re protecting us in an excessively noisy/expensive maner.
3. The Norks are our blood brothers —our family. We love them.
4. We hate Norks who escape to South Korea to start new lives.
5. There are not 2 Korean —only one.
6. Re-unification sounds really expensive; we saw that from the German example.
HOW DOES ONE RECONCILE THOSE SIX THINGS....?