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    • One Man's Escape from North Korea
    • By: Masaji Ishikawa, Risa Kobayashi - translator, Martin Brown - translator
    • Narrated by: Brian Nishii
    • Length: 5 hrs and 54 mins
    • Release date: 01-01-18
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 4,938 ratings
    • Half-Korean, half-Japanese, Masaji Ishikawa has spent his whole life feeling like a man without a country. This feeling only deepened when his family moved from Japan to North Korea when Ishikawa was just thirteen years old, and unwittingly became members of the lowest social caste....

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    • A Journey Through the Bitter History and Current Conflicts of China, Korea, and Japan
    • By: Michael Booth
    • Narrated by: Julian Elfer
    • Length: 10 hrs and 44 mins
    • Release date: 04-14-20
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 169 ratings
    • There is an ancient Chinese proverb that states, "Two tigers cannot share the same mountain." However, in East Asia, there are three tigers on that mountain: China, Japan, and Korea, and they have a long history of turmoil and tension with each other....

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    • Isolation, War, Despotism and Revival: The Fascinating Story of a Resilient But Divided People
    • By: Michael J. Seth
    • Narrated by: Sean Runnette
    • Length: 9 hrs and 36 mins
    • Release date: 11-12-19
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 129 ratings
    • Korea was one of the last countries in Asia to be visited by Westerners, and its borders have remained largely unchanged since it was unified in the seventh century. Though it is one of the world's oldest and most ethnically homogeneous states, Korea was not born in a vacuum....

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    • The Impossible Country
    • By: Daniel Tudor
    • Narrated by: James Cameron Stewart
    • Length: 13 hrs and 44 mins
    • Release date: 09-25-18
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 134 ratings
    • South Korea's amazing rise from the ashes: the inside story of an economic, political, and cultural phenomenon....

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    • The Politics of Military Operations from Korea to Ukraine
    • By: Lawrence Freedman
    • Narrated by: Richard Burnip
    • Length: 24 hrs and 16 mins
    • Release date: 11-29-22
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 18 ratings
    • Using examples from a wide variety of conflicts, Lawrence Freedman shows that successful military command depends on the ability not only to use armed forces effectively, but also to understand the political context in which they are operating....

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    • A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom
    • By: Yeonmi Park
    • Narrated by: Eji Kim
    • Length: 9 hrs and 37 mins
    • Release date: 09-29-15
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 5,981 ratings
    • In In Order to Live, Yeonmi Park shines a light not just into the darkest corners of life in North Korea, describing the deprivation and deception she endured and which millions of North Korean people continue to endure to this day....

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    • Life and Politics in the Failed Stalinist Utopia
    • By: Andrei Lankov
    • Narrated by: Steven Roy Grimsley
    • Length: 10 hrs and 59 mins
    • Release date: 05-09-14
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 600 ratings
    • Andrei Lankov has gone where few outsiders have ever been....

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    • The Stories, Folklore, Fairy Tales, Folktales, and History of Korea
    • By: William Elliot Griffis, Im Bang, Yi Ryuk, Horace Newton Allen
    • Narrated by: James Francis Markert
    • Length: 13 hrs and 47 mins
    • Release date: 11-10-23
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 19 ratings
    • Dive deep into the enchanting world of Korean mythology with this comprehensive collection that brings together three classic works on Korea's rich tapestry of tales, legends, and folklore. Whether you're a lover of mythology or otherwise, this collection offers a treasure trove of stories....

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    • The Inside Story of South Korea's Feminist Movement and What It Means for Women's Rights Worldwide
    • By: Hawon Jung
    • Narrated by: Kathleen Li
    • Length: 10 hrs and 53 mins
    • Release date: 03-21-23
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 15 ratings
    • Author Hawon Jung illuminates the strength and tenacity of trailblazing South Korea women who have taken to the streets, and takes the listener into the trenches of the fight for gender equality....

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    • A North Korean Defector’s Story
    • By: Hyeonseo Lee, David John
    • Narrated by: Josie Dunn
    • Length: 10 hrs and 48 mins
    • Release date: 08-08-19
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 2,514 ratings
    • An extraordinary insight into life under one of the world’s most ruthless and secretive dictatorships - and the story of one woman’s terrifying struggle to avoid capture/repatriation and guide her family to freedom....

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    • A North Korean Girl's Search for Freedom in America
    • By: Yeonmi Park
    • Narrated by: Maureen Taylor
    • Length: 6 hrs and 28 mins
    • Release date: 02-14-23
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 490 ratings
    • After defecting from North Korea, Yeonmi Park found liberty and freedom in America. But she also found a chilling crackdown on self-expression and thought that reminded her of the brutal regime she risked her life to escape....

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    • Lyndon Johnson, North Korea, and the Capture of the Spy Ship Pueblo
    • By: Jack Cheevers
    • Narrated by: Jeffrey Kafer
    • Length: 13 hrs and 45 mins
    • Release date: 12-03-13
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 614 ratings
    • In 1968, a small, dilapidated American spy ship set out on a dangerous mission to pinpoint military radar stations along the coast of North Korea....

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    • How the Information Underground Is Transforming a Closed Society
    • By: Jieun Baek
    • Narrated by: Caroline McLaughlin
    • Length: 7 hrs and 31 mins
    • Release date: 11-15-16
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 62 ratings
    • One of the least understood countries in the world, North Korea has long been known for its repressive regime. Yet it is far from being an impenetrable black box. Media flows covertly....

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    • Inside the World's Most Secret State
    • By: John Sweeney
    • Narrated by: Gildart Jackson
    • Length: 10 hrs and 27 mins
    • Release date: 07-15-15
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 651 ratings
    • North Korea is like no other tyranny on Earth. Its citizens are told their home is the greatest nation in the world, and Big Brother is always watching....

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    • By: Bob Woodward
    • Narrated by: Robert Petkoff
    • Length: 13 hrs and 22 mins
    • Release date: 09-15-20
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 11,336 ratings
    • Rage is an unprecedented and intimate tour de force of new reporting on the Trump presidency facing a global pandemic, economic disaster and racial unrest....

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    • Defectors Talk About Their Lives Inside the World's Most Secretive Nation
    • By: Daniel Tudor, Andrei Lankov - foreword
    • Narrated by: P. J. Ochlan, Greta Jung
    • Length: 9 hrs and 28 mins
    • Release date: 03-20-18
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 37 ratings
    • This book sheds critical light on all aspects of North Korean politics and society and shows that even in the world's most authoritarian regime, life goes on in ways that are very different from what you may think....

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    • My Escape from North Korea
    • By: Sebastien Falletti, Eunsun Kim
    • Narrated by: Emily Woo Zeller
    • Length: 5 hrs and 32 mins
    • Release date: 07-21-15
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 2,715 ratings
    • Eunsun Kim was born in North Korea, one of the most secretive and oppressive countries in the modern world. As a child, Eunsun loved her country....

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    • How One Small Mexican-American Community Gave So Much in World War II and Korea
    • By: Carlos Harrison
    • Narrated by: Robert Fass
    • Length: 9 hrs and 15 mins
    • Release date: 05-06-14
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 10 ratings
    • They came from one street, but death found them in many places: in a distant jungle, a frozen forest, and trapped in the flaming wreckage of a bomber blown from the sky....

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