To the north of the 38th parallel. How do people live in North Korea?

North Korea, still incredibly classified, ceases to be a “black box” for the world. It seems that the radical social experiment, which was started there in the 1940s, is coming to an end. And behind him are the fate of people - countless lives. About how these lives were lived and what is happening in the country now, says the famous orientalist and publicist Andrei Lankov.
The author has repeatedly been in North Korea and communicate with people from the most different sections of society. These are state security officers and smugglers, North Korean new rich and defectors, intellectuals (who seem to be prestigious, but still dangerous) and drivers (who are both safe and still prestigious).
The book talks about technologies (from exotic gas generator engines to the North Korean Internet) and monuments to the leaders, about houses and trains, about hunger and delicacies - about the daily life of the North Koreans, their concerns, anxiety and joys. About how the DPRK gradually and reluctantly opens up to the world