korea (north)

Primary and secondary documents provide historical background and contemporary analysis on the conflicts of North Korea.

"Readers will [learn about] the story of Kim Jong Un, the secretive dictator of North Korea, who came to power after his father died in 2011 and has been making international headlines ever since"--Provided by publisher.

Tells the story of the rise of the Kim Dynasty and its atrocities, motivations, and diplomatic goals. He also discusses the possible outcomes of its aggressive standoff with the world superpowers.

Twelve-year-old Mia is on a five-day tour of North Korea with her older brother, Simon, and their father, Mark, a food aid worker, but she is scared because her father keeps sneaking off at night, and terrified that her brother's sullen, rebellious behavior (which has absolutely nothing to do with the Koreans) is going to get them in trouble--and things get much worse when she is pulled into a deadly political game that seeks to expose North Korean atrocities, and her father is arrested.

A sister and brother go on the run with explosive forbidden photographs in this gripping and timely survival adventure.

"Half-Korean, half-Japanese, Masaji Ishikawa has spent his whole life feeling like a man without a country. This feeling only deepened when his family moved from Japan to North Korea when Ishikawa was just thirteen years old, and unwittingly became members of the lowest social caste. His father, himself a Korean national, was lured to the new Communist country by promises of abundant work, education for his children, and a higher station in society. But the reality of their new life was far from utopian"--Jacket flap.

"The memoir of a boy named Sungju who grew up in North Korea and, at the age of twelve, was forced to live on the streets and fend for himself after his parents disappeared. Finally, after years of being homeless and living with a gang, Sungju is reunited with his maternal grandparents and, eventually, his father"--Provided by publisher.

Presents a collection of essays selected from the New York Times that looks at North Korean leaders Kim Il-Sung, Kim Jong-Il and Kim Jong-Un.

Joseph Kim discusses his childhood in North Korea, the devastation of the Great Famine, and how he eventually escaped to China and then the United States where he was taken in by a foster family and learned to thrive.

"Park has told the harrowing story of her escape from North Korea as a child many times, but never before [now] has she revealed the most intimate and devastating details of the repressive society she was raised in and the enormous price she paid to escape"--Amazon.com.