Summary of Andrei Lankov's The Real North Korea

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Book Preview: #1 The North Korea of Kim Jong Il’s era was very different from the North Korea of the 1953–1994 period. It was a National Stalinist regime, and it survived all outside challenges. It was a time when the Kim family regime grew and matured. #2 Kim Il Sung, the supreme leader of North Korea, was a native of Pyongyang, which in late August 1945 became the headquarters of the Soviet forces in Korea. The Soviet Union