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1、ForNicholas,Gladys,andEugeneAUTHOR’SNOTEIN2001IMOVEDTOSEOULASACORRESPONDENTFORTHELosAngelesTimes,coveringbothKoreas.Atthetime,itwasexceedinglydi-cultforanAmericanjournalisttovisitNorthKorea.EvenafterIsucceededingettingintothecountry,Ifoundthatreportingwasalmostimpossible.Wester
2、njournalistswereassigned“minders”whosejobitwastomakecertainthatnounauthorizedconversationstookplaceandvisitorshewedtoacarefullyselecteditineraryofmonuments.Therewasnocontactpermittedwithordinarycitizens.Inphotographsandontelevision,NorthKoreansappearedtobeautomatons,goose-stepp
3、inginformationatmilitaryparadesorperforminggymnasticsenmasseinhomagetotheleadership.Staringatthephotographs,I’dtrytodiscernwhatwasbehindthoseblankfaces.InSouthKorea,IbegantotalktoNorthKoreanswhohaddefected,escapingtoSouthKoreaorChina,andapictureofreallifeintheDemocraticPeople’s
4、RepublicofKoreabegantoemerge.IwroteaseriesofarticlesfortheLosAngelesTimesthatfocusedonformerresidentsofChongjin,acitylocatedinthenorthernmostreachesofthecountry.IbelievedthatIcouldverifyfactsmoreeasilyifIspoketonumerouspeopleaboutoneplace.Iwantedthatplacetobefarfromthewell-mani
5、curedsightsthattheNorthKoreangovernmentshowstoforeignvisitors—evenifitmeantIwouldbewritingaboutaplacethatwaso9limits.ChongjinisNorthKorea’sthird-largestcityandoneoftheplacesthatwerehardesthitbythefamineofthemid-1990s.Itisalsoalmostentirelyclosedtoforeigners.Ihadthegoodfortuneto
6、meetmanywonderfulpeoplefromChongjinwhowerebotharticulateandgenerouswiththeirtime.NothingtoEnvygrewoutofthatoriginalseriesofarticles.ThisbookisbasedonsevenyearsofconversationswithNorthKoreans.IhavealteredonlysomeofthenamestoprotectthosestilllivinginNorthKorea.Allofthedialogueisd
7、rawnfromtheaccountsofoneormorepeoplepresent.IhaveattemptedasbestIcantocorroboratethestoriesIwastoldandtomatchthemwithpubliclyreportedevents.ThedescriptionsofplacesthatIhaven’tvisitedpersonallycomefromdefectors,photographs,andvideos.SomuchaboutNorthKorearemainsimpenetrablethatit
8、wouldbefollytoclaimI’vegotteneverythingright.Myhopeist
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