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Suffering and smiling everyday life in North Korea

"Suffering and Smiling presents a glimpse inside everyday North Korea. Educator and hunger activist, Byung-ho Chung, illustrates his interactions with the citizenry both inside the border and as refugees in South Korea"--

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Main Author:	Chŏng, Pyŏng-ho, 1955- (Author)
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English Korean
Published:	Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, an imprint of the Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc., [2024]
Subjects:	Korea (North) > Social life and customs. Korea (North) > Social conditions. Korea (North) > History. Korea (North) > Politics and government. Chŏng, Pyŏng-ho, > 1955-
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Summary:	"Suffering and Smiling presents a glimpse inside everyday North Korea. Educator and hunger activist, Byung-ho Chung, illustrates his interactions with the citizenry both inside the border and as refugees in South Korea"--
Physical Description:	xxiii, 220 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	9781538193846 1538193841
Author Notes:	Byung-Ho Chung is professor emeritus at Hanyang University in South Korea. He was president of the Korean Society for Cultural Anthropology. He has visited North Korea as well as China's borders with North Korea on numerous occasions for humanitarian purposes. As a public intellectual and action anthropologist, he is the founder or cofounder of seven organizations for equality and multiculturalism and was a special advisor to the president of the Korean Red Cross. He is coauthor of North Korea: Beyond Charismatic Politics.