Bøger om Nordkorea

Vinder af Bokbloggerprisen 2017 - Norges demokratiske og uafhængige litteraturpris Solgt i over 33.000 eksemplarer i Norge Ruslands grænse er verdens længste. Erika Fatland tager os med på en rejse til Ruslands fjorten nabolande, fra Nordkorea til Nordnorge og gennem Nordøstpassagen. Rejsen går gennem storslåede landskaber og højst forskellige samfund, der har den ene ting til fælles: De er alle Ruslands naboer. GRÆNSEN er også en rejse gennem nabolandenes dramatiske historier. På hver sin måde har de været præget af nærheden til det mægtige imperium. Vi møder erobringslystne tsarer og tapre eventyrere, modige enkeltmennesker og kyniske diktatorer. Erika Fatland besøger desuden konfliktområder som Ukraine, hvor grænserne til Rusland igen er begyndt at røre på sig. Igen viser Fatland sin særlige evne til at komme tæt på de mennesker, hun møder på sin vej. Og hun lader dem fortælle deres lille del af den store historie om at bo ved grænsen. ANMELDELSER ”En storslået fortælling.” ♥♥♥♥♥ – Politiken "Erika Fatland har skrevet en grænseoverskridende og magisk bog." ★★★★★ – Jyllands-Posten "Resultatet er imponerende" ★★★★★ – Kristeligt Dagblad ”Fantastisk bog … En fænomenal blanding af rejseberetning, historiebog og socialantropologisk feltstudie.” ★★★★★★ – Nordjyske Medier "Fremragende rejseskildring… En nysgerrig opdagelseseksplosion og et imponerende bidrag til den norske, eller skandinaviske, faglitteratur – alt efter, hvor man sætter grænsen.” – Weekendavisen ”Grænsen er et imponerende ambitiøst og overvældende detaljeret storværk.” – Information OM FORFATTEREN Erika Fatland blev i 2016 udnævnt af Literary Europe Live til at være en af de ti mest interessante unge litterære stemmer i Europa. Hun har en kandidatgrad i socialantropologi fra Universitetet i Oslo og Københavns Universitet. Hun taler otte sprog, inklusive russisk. Hun har skrevet Englebyen (2011) om terrorangrebet i Beslan i 2004 og Året uden sommer (2012) om Anders Behring Breiviks terrorangreb på Utøya i 2011. Hendes bog Sovjetistan (2014), der er en medrivende beskrivelse af hendes rejser gennem de fem tidligere sovjetrepublikker i Centralasien, er oversat til tolv sprog.

Efter en turbulent barndom på kostskole, børnehjem og i plejefamilie tog Jim Latrache-Qvortrup som 19-årig til Fremmedlegionen og blev faldskærmssoldat. Senere begyndte han at sælge narko og blev i 90’erne og 00’erne leverandør af kokain til det københavnske jetset, indtil han en dag blev fanget og sendt i fængsel. Dømt for 1,6 kilo kokain. Mødet med en kvinde mellem to fængselsophold gjorde, at han forandrede sit liv og sin tankegang radikalt. Han blev lovlydig forretningsmand og er i dag en succesfuld iværksætter med gang i flere forretninger og projekter i København. På sidelinjen har han i fire år været undercover i Nordkorea og spillet rollen som den falske forretningsmand Mr. James, som infiltrerer det lukkede regime i Mads Brüggers dokumentarfilm Muldvarpen – Undercover i Nordkorea.

Nordkorea er ubetinget verdens mest lukkede land, alligevel lykkedes det som den første udenlandske forfatter Kåre Bluitgen at bo og rejse i landet i over en måned og lave interviews og besøge institutioner og steder som den første. Jeg vil gerne klippes ligesom Kim Jong Un er som den første bog på dansk, der kommer rundt om mange aspekter ved det nordkoreanske samfund fra det historiske til de aktuelle tendenser i retning af religiøs tolerance og hastige økonomiske liberaliseringer. Kom med til frisøren i et land, der siges at have påtvungne frisurer, til fodboldlandskamp og på besøg hos et oppositionsparti. Og kom med til det enorme kunstakademi, forarmede landbrug og fabrikker, der står stille på grund af strømsvigt. Forfatteren har også besøgt fjerntliggende provinser, deltaget i en kristen gudstjeneste og verdens største militærparade, mødt buddhistiske munke og landets handicappede, der for få år siden officielt ikke eksisterede. Det er lykkedes at samle en række unikke indtryk fra dette ukendte land, der viser, at koreanske religioner og tusinde år gamle traditioner betyder langt mere end europæiske ideer som kommunisme og individualisme. Bogen afdækker også, at styret på ingen måde er irrationelt, som det ofte opfattes i Vesten, men tværtimod er dygtigt til at opnå gevinster ved højt spil og kold beregning i forhold til en omverden, der på grund af uvidenhed ofte ser ud til at blive taget ved næsen.

"Kommunismen – før og nu" tager udgangspunkt i de tanker om et idealsamfund baseret på lighed, fællesskab og retfærdighed, som mennesker har gjort sig gennem tiden.I bogen beskrives virkeliggørelsen af de russiske bolsjevikkers utopi med udgangspunkt i Karl Marx’ ideologi, den realiserede kommunisme, den omfattende terror og de forfærdelige menneskelige og kulturelle omkostninger. Kommunismen behandles fra 1917 og frem til dens sammenbrud i Rusland og Østeuropa. Også kommunismen i Kina, Cuba og Nordkorea omtales.Kommunismen i Danmark behandles særskilt. Kommunismen viste sig at være en blindgyde.Bent Jensen (f. 1938) er dansk historiker og forfatter. Han er professor emeritus ved Syddansk Universitet og har været leder af Center for Koldkrigsforskning. Han er oprindeligt uddannet cand.mag. i historie og russisk og har udgivet en lang række bøger om russisk historie.

En sanse- og oplevelsesmættet erindrings/rejsebog af høj kvalitet om en rejse til en forfatterkongres i Nordkoreas hovedstad, Pyongyang, i 1986.

During the 1970s and early 80s, dozens - perhaps hundreds - of Japanese civilians were kidnapped by North Korean commandos and forced to live in 'Invitation Only Zones', high-security detention-centres masked as exclusive areas, on the outskirts of Pyongyang. The objective? To brainwash the abductees with the regime's ideology, and train them to spy on the state's behalf. But the project faltered; when indoctrination failed, the captives were forced to teach North Korean operatives how to pass as Japanese, to help them infiltrate hostile neighbouring nations.For years, the Japanese and North Korean authorities brushed off these disappearances, but in 2002 Kim Jong Il admitted to kidnapping thirteen citizens, returning five of them - the remaining eight were declared dead. In The Invitation Only Zone, Boynton, an investigative journalist, speaks with the abductees, nationalists and diplomats, and crab fishermen, to try and untangle both the kidnappings and the intensely complicated relations between North Korea and Japan. The result is a fierce and fascinating exploration of North Korea's mysterious machinations, and the vexed politics of Northeast Asia.

Seit Januar 2020 hat Nordkorea seine Grenzen für Ausländer geschlossen. Doch schon zuvor war es aufgrund des Verbots unautorisierter Aufnahmen und strenger Kontrollen durch das Regime äußerst schwierig, seine geheimnisvollen Landschaften zu fotografieren. Tariq Zaidi verfügt über ein umfangreiches Archiv von Bildern, die er über zwei Jahre hinweg aufgenommen hat. Sein Buch zeigt eine Auswahl mehr als 100 bemerkenswerter Fotografien, die Einblick in die nordkoreanische Gesellschaft gewähren. Zaidi fängt gekonnt die Resilienz, den Geist und die kulturellen Nuancen des Volkes in seinem Alltag ein. Jedes Foto ist ein Fenster in eine verborgene Realität, enthüllt das komplizierte Wechselspiel zwischen Tradition und Moderne und beleuchtet die komplexe Dynamik einer Nation, die ihren Weg unter den Augen der Weltöffentlichkeit sucht. Nach dem preisgekrönten "Sapeurs. Ladies and Gentlemen of the Congo" ist dies Zaidis zweites Buch im Kehrer Verlag.

This book examines Iran and North Korea from a non-proliferation lens. It shows how these two issues remain similar, distinguished, dynamic but static so far progress on non-proliferation is concerned.

North Korea is in the throes of economic and social, if not political, transition. This book examines the complex relationship between gender roles and economic and social changes in North Korea.

Verdenssamfundets forsøg på at forhindre Nordkorea i at udvikle langtrækkende atomvåben er ved at slå fejl. Ved et tilfælde falder to journalister på Dagbladet Information over oplysninger, som tyder på, at en mand i Næstved igennem en årrække har været en nøglespiller i Nordkoreas omgåelse af de internationale sanktioner. De hvirvles ind i en sag, der skal ende med at tage dem flere år."Forbudt farvand" er den utrolige og hidtil ufortalte historie om, hvordan en mystisk forretningsmand slog sig ned i Danmark og byggede en verdensomspændende forretning på varm luft og en vilje til at se stort på internationale sanktioner. Og hvordan han medvirkede til oprustningen af nogle af verdens værste diktaturer.

This edited volume explores the past, present, and future of the Korean Peninsula, with special focus on South Korea, by connecting developments in politics with those in international relations and diplomacy.

Recent North Korean diaspora has given rise to female refugee groups fighting for the protection of women's rights. Presenting in-depth accounts of North Korean women defectors living in the UK, this book examines how their harrowing experiences have become an impetus for their activism. The author also reveals how their utopian dream of a better future for fellow North Korean women is vital in their activism. Unique in its focus on the intersections between gender, politics, activism and mobility, Lim's illuminating work will inform debates on activism and human rights internationally.

North Korean Women in Power is the first field report on North Korea written by a South Korean woman reporter in English. Chun Su-jin, who refers to herself as a "Korean-Korean (South Korean nationality with a North Korean heritage)," introduces four North Korean women who make Chairman Kim Jong-un complete-the one and only blood to Chairman Kim, Kim Yo-jong; the First Lady with pride and dignity, Ri Sol-ju; a seasoned career diplomat, Choe Son-hui; and a de facto protocol officer, Hyun Song-wol.North Korea is a small, isolated country ruled by the authoritarian leader Kim Jong-un. They have locked the door and claim that they have nuclear weapons. Then they keep sending signals to the world-mainly to the United States and South Korea-by making statements and shooting missiles. So it may be inevitable for North Korea to be considered an incomprehensible strange country. But Chun tells us that they need to be properly understood for the safety and security of the world and the key to understand this hermit kingdom is the people who move the regime: the leader Kim Jong-un and his female entourage.There are quite a few books on North Korea, but not from a Korean-Korean. This book is the first of its kind from South Korean point of view targeting English-speaking readership. This is the product of the author's nearly 20 years of experience meeting and writing about North Korea. She has talked to tens of dozens of sources for this book alone, not to mention many others she met while working as a news reporter. This book will allow readers develop more interest and understanding the enigmatic country and its people

"Examines the flourishing relationship between North Korea, Cuba, and the Latin American Left through the 1960s, offering a new understanding of North Korean foreign policy and the rise of Tricontinentalism. An important addition to studies on the international Left and the Cold War"--

A spectacularly illustrated new history and analysis of the strategic bombing campaign in the Korean War, which saw the last combat of America's legendary B-29s. Just five years after they defeated Japan, at the dawn of the jet age, the most advanced bomber of World War II was already obsolescent. But the legendary war-winning Superfortresses had one more war to fight, in the strategic air campaign against North Korea. The bombers' task was to destroy North Korea's facilities for waging war, from industry and hydroelectric dams to airfields and bridges. However, it was a challenging campaign, in which the strategy was not merely military but political. In this fascinating book, airpower scholar and former RAF pilot Michael Napier explains how the campaign was fought, and how the technique of 'bombing to negotiate' that would become notorious in Vietnam was already being used in Korea. He analyses in detail the relationship between battlefield progress, armistice negotiations and the bombing strategy developed over the complex campaign. In the skies over Korea, the B-29s operated in a new world dominated by jet fighters and jet age technology, and tactics were developing rapidly. Packed with original illustrations, this book includes dramatic air scenes featuring B-29s, MiG-15s, AD Skyraiders and Skyknight jet nightfighters in action. It also includes maps, 3D recreations of missions and explanatory 3D diagrams to bring the conflict to life. This is a fascinating, dramatic account of the last battles of the piston-engined aircraft era as the superpowers vied for victory in the first clash of the Cold War.

The captivating story of an influential journalist demonstrates the value of a free press to democratic societyIn the decades between the Great Depression and the advent of cable television, when daily newspapers set the conversational agenda in the United States, the best reporter in the business was a rumpled, hard-drinking figure named Homer Bigart. Despite two Pulitzers and a host of other prizes, he quickly faded from public view after retirement. Few today know the extent to which he was esteemed by his peers. Get the Damn Story is the first comprehensive biography to encompass all of Bigart‿s journalism, including both his war reporting and coverage of domestic events. Writing for the New York Herald Tribune and the New York Times, Bigart brought to life many events that defined the era‿the wars in Europe, the Pacific, Korea, and Vietnam; the civil rights movement; the creation of Israel; the end of colonialism in Africa; and the Cuban Revolution. The news media‿s collective credibility may have diminished in the age of Twitter, but Bigart‿s career demonstrates the value to a democratic society of a relentless, inquiring mind examining its institutions and the people who run them. The principle remains the same today: the truth matters. Historians and journalists alike will find Bigart‿s story well worth reading.

The robber barons of the tech revolution ‿ Gates, Bezos, Zuckerberg, Musk and others ‿ have led the way to wealth inequality nearly as extreme as at the turn of the nineteenth century, with damaging implications for democracy. How has this happened and what can we do about it?

Too Big to Jail examines how HSBC became the Mexican drug cartel's bank of choice and how, when caught, they avoided prosecution.

In this fully illustrated introduction, Dr Carter Malkasian provides a concise overview of the so-called "Forgotten War" in Korea.From 1950 to 1953, the most powerful countries in the world engaged in a major conventional war on the Korean peninsula. Yet ironically this conflict has come to be known as the USA's "Forgotten War." Korean War historian Dr Carter Malkasian explains how this conflict in a small peninsula in East Asia had a tremendous impact on the entire international system and the balance of power between the two superpowers, America and Russia. In this illustrated history, he examines how the West demonstrated its resolve to thwart Communist aggression and the armed forces of China, the Soviet Union and the United States came into direct combat for the only time during the Cold War. Updated and revised for the new edition, with specially commissioned color maps and new images throughout, this is a detailed introduction to a significant turning point in the Cold War.

Richard Carey fought at Chosin Reservoir, then flew 204 combat sorties in Vietnam--this is the inspirational story of a Marine Corps legend.

'A propulsive investigation into the wild adventures of a man determined to bring down the North Korean regime . . . Deeply reported and novelistic. I flew through it' Ed Caesar, author of The Moth and the Mountain'The engrossing inside story of two recent events that are jaw dropping even for North Korea, and the obsessive man behind them . . . A terrific piece of up-close reportage that reads like a spy thriller but is all too real' Anna Fifield, author of The Great Successor: The Secret Rise and Rule of Kim Jong UnThe wild story of a college activist's high-stakes attempt to topple the North Korean regime and change the world.In the early 2000s, Adrian Hong was a soft-spoken Yale undergraduate looking for his place in the world. After reading a harrowing account of life inside North Korea, he realized he had found a cause so pressing that he was ready to devote his life to it. What began as a trip down the safe and well-worn path of organizing soon morphed into something more dangerous. Hong journeyed to China, outwitting Chinese security services as he helped ferry asylum-seeking North Korean escapees to safety. Meanwhile, Hong's secret organization, Cheollima Civil Defense (later renamed Free Joseon), began tracking the North Korean government's activities, and its volatile third-generation ruler, Kim Jong Un. Free Joseon targeted North Korean diplomats who might be persuaded to defect, while drawing up plans for a government-in-exile. After the shocking broad-daylight assassination in 2017 of Kim Jong Nam, the dictator's older brother, Hong, along with Marine veteran Christopher Ahn, helped ferry Nam's family to safety. Then Hong took the group a step further. He initiated a series of high-stakes direct actions, culminating in an armed raid at the North Korean embassy in Madrid-an act that would put Ahn behind bars and turn Hong into one of the world's most unlikely fugitives. In the tradition of Jon Krakauer's Into the Wild, The Rebel and the Kingdom is an exhilarating account of a man who turns his back on the status quo-to instead live boldly by his principles. Acclaimed journalist and bestselling author Bradley Hope-who broke numerous details of Hong's operations in The Wall Street Journal-now reveals the full contours of this remarkable story of idealism and insanity, hubris and heroism, all set within the secret battle for the future of the world's most mysterious and unsettling nation.