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It tends to be accurate. If you want to read more, see Demick, 2009: “Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea” [0]

[0] https://search.worldcat.org/title/918997255

[Cupertino95014]

There are lots of authors and journalists who either go there, or interview people who escaped. I think we learn a lot more from them than we would by taking a heavily curated tour of pre-screened sites.

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i read that book a couple years ago. the broad strokes tend to be accurate but obviously people understand north korea as much as they understand italy based on Italian tropes.

[Cupertino95014]

Perhaps if NK wanted to be understood they'd allow tourists to come in and wander around and talk to the happy natives.

Just answer us this: is an NK citizen free to emigrate to some other country?