Nothing to Envy

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1、ContentsCoverTitlePageDedicationAuthor’sNoteChapter1-HoldingHandsintheDarkChapter2-TaintedBloodChapter3-TheTrueBelieverChapter4-FadetoBlackChapter5-VictorianRomanceChapter6-TwilightoftheGodChapter7-TwoBeerBottlesforYourIVChapter8-TheAccordionandtheBlackboardChapter9-TheGoodDieFirstC

2、hapter10-MothersofInventionChapter11-WanderingSwallowsChapter12-SweetDisorderChapter13-FrogsintheWellChapter14-TheRiverChapter15-EpiphanyChapter16-TheBarteredBrideChapter17-OpenYourEyes,ShutYourMouthChapter18-ThePromisedLandChapter19-StrangersintheHomelandChapter20-ReunionsEpilogueA

3、cknowledgmentsNotesPhotographCreditsAbouttheAuthorCopyrightForNicholas,Gladys,andEugeneAUTHOR’SNOTEIN2001IMOVEDTOSEOULASACORRESPONDENTFORTHELosAngelesTimes,coveringbothKoreas.Atthetime,itwasexceedinglydi-cultforanAmericanjournalisttovisitNorthKorea.EvenafterIsucceededingettingintoth

4、ecountry,Ifoundthatreportingwasalmostimpossible.Westernjournalistswereassigned“minders”whosejobitwastomakecertainthatnounauthorizedconversationstookplaceandvisitorshewedtoacarefullyselecteditineraryofmonuments.Therewasnocontactpermittedwithordinarycitizens.Inphotographsandontelevisi

5、on,NorthKoreansappearedtobeautomatons,goose-steppinginformationatmilitaryparadesorperforminggymnasticsenmasseinhomagetotheleadership.Staringatthephotographs,I’dtrytodiscernwhatwasbehindthoseblankfaces.InSouthKorea,IbegantotalktoNorthKoreanswhohaddefected,escapingtoSouthKoreaorChina,

6、andapictureofreallifeintheDemocraticPeople’sRepublicofKoreabegantoemerge.IwroteaseriesofarticlesfortheLosAngelesTimesthatfocusedonformerresidentsofChongjin,acitylocatedinthenorthernmostreachesofthecountry.IbelievedthatIcouldverifyfactsmoreeasilyifIspoketonumerouspeopleaboutoneplace.

7、Iwantedthatplacetobefarfromthewell-manicuredsightsthattheNorthKoreangovernmentshowstoforeignvisitors—evenifitmeantIwouldbewritingaboutaplacethatwaso9limits.ChongjinisNorthKorea’sthird-largestcityandoneoftheplacesthatwerehardesthitbythefamineofthemid-1990s.Itisalsoalmostentirelyclose

8、dtoforeigners.Ihadt