{"product":{"product_id":"0804844585","title":"North Korea Confidential: Private Markets, Fashion Trends, Prison Camps, Dissenters and Defectors","price":"15.75","image_url":"https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/514pTxm0CPL._SL500_.jpg","url":"https://www.amazon.com/dp/0804844585"},"comments":[{"body":"On the current state of life in North Korea, here's a summary of the picture as far as we know from defectors and a few other sources:  https://smile.amazon.com/North-Korea-Confidential-Dissenters-Defectors/dp/0804844585/\r\n\r\nOne thing I was surprised about: since the 1990s famine, the government is no longer the main source of food/income for many citizens.  There is an underground economy of contraband that many North Koreans are involved in, and survives because the bribe from the smuggler is more reliable than the salary from the government.  Many people skip work to do this other economy, and bribe their bosses to claim that they showed up.  Or bribe whoever is taking their boss's place while their boss skips work, too.  South Korean CDs and MP3 files are quite common, and so North Koreans are not as cut off from the world as you might think.\r\n","subreddit_name":"Nodumbquestions","author":"keviniga"},{"body":"https://www.amazon.com/North-Korea-Confidential-Dissenters-Defectors/dp/0804844585\r\n\r\nGreat book.","subreddit_name":"worldnews","author":"plomerosKTBFFH"},{"body":"Here's a good book to add to that.\r\n\r\nhttps://www.amazon.com/North-Korea-Confidential-Dissenters-Defectors/dp/0804844585","subreddit_name":"JoeRogan","author":"plomerosKTBFFH"},{"body":"Λοιπον για να μην παραμυθίαζεσαι, η καλύτερη [αντιμετώπιση](https://time.com/5851633/best-global-responses-covid-19/)  (και [εδω](https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2762689))στο κόσμο  την έχει η Ταιβάν.. και μην ρωτήσεις ποια είναι αυτή η χωρα, και με τα 'δικά σου μέτρα \" η νόμιμη κυβέρνηση της Κίνας είναι η Ταιβάν. Αναφορικά με την ζωή στ Νομιμη κορέα μάθε καλύτερα απο  το [βιβλίο](https://www.amazon.com/North-Korea-Confidential-Dissenters-Defectors/dp/0804844585).   Εσύ μπορειις να μας πεις για τους χιλιάδες κινέζους που περτνάνε κάθε μέρα στην χώρα από που το έμαθες; Επειδη θυμάμαι πολύ καλά οτι είχε κοπεί η επικοινωνία να σου πω λοιπόν οτι η επικοινωνία στην Κίνα επιτρεπόταν ΜΟΝΟ σε μερικές χώρες της Ευρώπης και ναι.. στην Νοτια  (φασιστική κατ έσένα) [Κορέα](https://www.worldaware.com/covid-19-alert-china-continues-restrictions-entry-ban-place-exceptions).   \r\nΕπίσης συμφωνα με [το](https://www.trip.com/travel-restrictions-covid-19/)  δεν υπάρχει άδεια για την Βορεια κορεα !!. Ως εκ τούτου είτε θα μιλάς με στοιχεία είτε πάρε την προπαγάνδα  και το μίσος σου και πέταξε τα σε αλλο sub / thread.","subreddit_name":"greece","author":"freeagleinsky"}]}