North Korea certainly deserves its title of the Hermit Kingdom of East Asia. Even today, for many that country remains a riddle wrapped up in an enigma. Does North Korea really have no COVID-19 cases? Has Kim Jong-un really executed people with a flamethrower? Is everyone there forced to get a Kim Jong-un haircut? As a North Korea watcher, in this podcast I do my best to provide short but detailed responses to these and other most common questions about this country. The podcast is powered by Anchor. For more details visit - askmeaboutdprk.wordpress.com
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episode 4: Episode 4 — Why is North Korea not a communist country?
Even today a lot of people and media outlets still believe that North Korea is some sort of communist haven of Stalinist dystopia. While it is a very authoritarian country, North Korea is definitely not communist as it has radically transformed in the 1990s and 2000s. In this episode, I explain how and why the country and its society changed so dramatically. For the full transcript and references visit the website - https://askmeaboutdprk.wordpress.com