We see North Koreans as automatons, goose-steeping at parades, doing mass gymnastics with fixed smiles on their faces - but beneath all that, real life goes on with the same complexity of human emotion as anywhere else. Barbara Demick automatonbeneathcomplexity share on social
As a reader, I've always been interested in dystopian novels like 'Nineteen Eighty-four'. Barbara Demick dystopianeightyhave Change image and share on social
If you look at satellite photographs of the Far East by night, you'll see a large splotch curiously lacking in light. This area of darkness is the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. Barbara Demick areacuriouslydarkness Change image and share on social
The anti-Japanese resistance was as familiar a theme in North Korean cinema as cowboys and Indians was in early Hollywood. Barbara Demick anticinemacowboy Change image and share on social
China's one-child policy was born in 1980, after years of less severe measures to discourage births. The Communist Party promised that the policy would be temporary. Barbara Demick bearbirthchild Change image and share on social
North Korea is not an undeveloped country; it is a country that has fallen out of the developed world. Barbara Demick countrydevelopfall Change image and share on social
One of the ways the North Korea regime has kept power is by keeping its people ignorant of the living standards in the outside world. That's the underlying lie that supports the regime - not that their country is 'normal' but that they are better off. Barbara Demick countryignorantkeep share on social
In 1991, few North Koreans had ever used a telephone. You had to go to a post office to make a phone call. Barbara Demick callkoreanmake Change image and share on social
Good reporting should have the same standard as in a courtroom - beyond a reasonable doubt. Barbara Demick courtroomdoubtgood Change image and share on social
People have crossed the Himalayas in flip-flops seeking a blessing from the Dalai Lama. Barbara Demick blesscrossdalai Change image and share on social
