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When the Hermit Kingdom Turned Ugly

Two Tales

Blaine Harden recounts the fractured fairy-tale origins of North Korea through the stories of the Stalinist tyrant Kim Il Sung and fighter pilot No Kum Sok, who fled the kingdom.

Nicholas Mancusi
Nicholas Mancusi
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