Absolutely fascinating look at North Korea's self-image. The author skillfully presents the argument that North Korea's attitude of themselves as a pure, clean race - constantly in danger of contamination by everyone outside their borders - is what fuels the ability of the Kim dynasty to stay in ...
This version of history is just as uncritically accepted by most foreigners who write about Korea. Yet the truth is more complex. For much of the country’s long history its northern border was fluid, and the national identities of literate Koreans and Chinese mutually indistinguishable.1 Believin...