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The Book A Year in Pyongyang, written by Andrew Holloway, was already published in 2003, but - in my opinion - it is still very interesting to read it.

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Chapter 1

There are times in life when even the dullest and most complacent among us feel the need to make a change. It was at such a time in my life that a friend drew my attention to a job she had seen advertised on a Leeds University notice board. It was an unusual job in a little known country. The remuneration was not extravagant, but I estimated it would be sufficient for me to meet my ongoing commitments and save enough to tide me over on my return until I could find another job.
 
The country was the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, better known in the west as North Korea. The job entailed raising translations into English that Koreans had made of the works of their President, Kim Il Sung, his son and heir apparent Kim Jong Il, and sundry other propaganda...

Please read the entire book (23 chapters!!) here!

* source of the pic(the t-shirt):

www.blacklava.net