{"product_id":"north-korea-in-100-facts","title":"North Korea In 100 Facts","description":"‘Great ideology creates great times.’ Kim Jong-il (1942–2011)Where to start with this mysterious, sometimes terrifying country? Perhaps with some hard facts - which are notoriously difficult to come by. Ruth Ann Monti teases out the truth about this dictatorship to provide an illuminating insight into a society that might just as well be in outer space for most in the West.Did you know, for instance, that high school students are required to complete an 81-hour course on current leader Kim Jong-un? Or that everyone must wear a Kim badge at all times? Even Mao didn''t demand that. How about the fact that Kim Jong-un''s father and predecessor, Kim Jong-il, kidnapped two of South Korea''s film industry giants and made seven films with them – including a Socialist version of Godzilla? The 100 facts don''t all make grim reading: for instance, North Koreans like to relax with a favourite tipple - but make theirs from acorns. More importantly, in 2012 North Korean archaeologists discovered a unicorn lair… This book highlights the hidden reality and strange truths about this much-misunderstood country.","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57320314044798,"sku":"NW9781445686967","price":8.84,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781445686967.jpg?v=1778594198","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/north-korea-in-100-facts","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}