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Books : Travel : Asia : North Korea
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Experience the best of Korea with Lonely Planet. Our 8th edition will have you checking out the chic boutiques and bars of Seoul, watching the spectacular Mass Games, dining on Busan seafood, hiking to volcanic craters and recuperating from it all on the island paradise of Jeju-do.
Lonely Planet guides are written by experts who get to the heart of every destination they visit. This fully updated edition is packed with accurate, practical and honest advice, designed to give you the information you need to make the most of your trip.
In This Guide:
Detailed Advice from food and drink to culture and transport
Touring North Korea we help you discover Asia's dark star
Itineraries historic sights, activities and gourmet feasts
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Culture Smart! provides essential information on attitudes, beliefs and behavior in different countries, ensuring that you arrive at your destination aware of basic manners, common courtesies, and sensitive issues. These concise guides tell you what to expect, how to behave, and how to establish a rapport with your hosts. This inside knowledge will enable you to steer clear of embarrassing gaffes and mistakes, feel confident in unfamiliar situations, and develop trust, friendships, and successful business relationships.
Culture Smart! offers illuminating insights into the culture and society of a particular country. It will help you to turn your visit-whether on business or for pleasure-into a memorable and enriching experience. Contents include
* customs, values, and traditions
* historical, religious, and political background
* life at home
* leisure, social, and cultural life
* eating and drinking
* do's, don'ts, and taboos
* business practices
* communication, spoken and unspoken
"Culture Smart has come to the rescue of hapless travellers." Sunday Times Travel
"... the perfect introduction to the weird, wonderful and downright odd quirks and customs of various countries." Global Travel
"...full of fascinating-as well as common-sense-tips to help you avoid embarrassing f
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This new Bradt guide explores every aspect of visiting North Korea, from day-to-day practicalities to an overview of the history that lies behind this troubled region and the culture that still unites the Korean people. While travelers are obliged to be part of a formal tour, there are plenty of possibilities for the more adventurous, including the Pyongyang International Marathon and the opportunity to traverse the country by motorbike. Routes outwards from the capital, Pyongyang, and via the Hyundai ferry from the South are explored in depth, ensuring that travelers are aware of both the possibilities and pitfalls of travel in this relatively untrodden part of the world. A whole range of information is provided--from red tape and security issues for the independent traveler to festivals and natural history of the mountain landscape for those wishing to explore the background of North Korea either while touring or from an armchair.
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Axis of Evil World Tour goes beyond the superficial coverage found in much of the media to bring a boots-on-the-ground look at three of the most enigmatic, difficult-to-enter countries on the planet—Iran, Iraq, and North Korea.North Korea: Visit the tense yet quiet DMZ that divides North from South, one of the eeriest places on earth. Spend time touring Pyongyang, the showcase capital that houses the regime and its elites. Travel halfway across the country to the beautiful “Heavenly Fragrance” mountain for a visit to the surreal, cult-like “museums” housing gifts to the country’s leaders, Kim Il-sung and Kim Jong-il.
Iraq: What’s it like to live on a U.S. military base during the war in Iraq? Spend two months as part of the Iraqi Survey Group, the international team that was tasked with finding Saddam’s weapons of mass destruction.
Iran: What do Iranians think of the U.S. and Americans? You might be surprised. Travel around the country and take an inside look at Khomeini’s tomb, hear about Iran’s own fight against Al Qaeda, and take a look inside the secret world of the mullahs that really run Iran.
Head to AxisofEvilTour.com for photos, book excerpts, and video clips.
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Half a century after he fought there as a young lieutenant of Marines, James Brady returns to the brooding Korean ridgelines and mountains to sound Taps for a generation. It's been 15 years since Brady first wrote of Korea in The Coldest War, drawing raves from Walter Cronkite and The New York Times, which called it "a superb personal memoir of the way it was."
In the spring of 2003 Brady and Pulitzer-winning combat photographer Eddie Adams, a couple of old Marines, "gentlemen rankers off on a spree," flew in Black Hawk choppers and trekked the Demilitarized Zone where it meanders into North Korea, interviewing four-star generals and bunking in with tough U.S. Recon troops, in Brady's words, "raw meat on the point of a sharpened stick." The two Marine veterans bond with this handful of youthful GIs confronting the loopy and nuclear saber-rattling North, in a contemporary Korea which just might become the war we have to fight next. Brady recalls that first time on bloody Hill 749, the men who died there, what happened to the Marines who lived to make it home, and experiences yet again the emotional pull of a lifelong love affair with the Corps in which they all served.
With consummate skill James Brady summons up the past and illuminates the present, be it the Korea of "the forgotten war", the Yanks who fought there long ago or today's soldiers standing wary s
Kindle version of our 70 page illustrated travel guide will take you to North Korea, one of the most unique travel experiences available today - and a visit is surprisingly easy to organise as a guided tour. Don’t miss the armed demilitarized zone (DMZ), separating North and South Korea, and the “show-capital” of Pyongyang with it’s huge military parades and spectacular theatrical productions.
You will be one of only a small number of outsiders who visit the country every year, and will see attractions, experience situations, and hear opinions that you will not experience anywhere else.
Finding Internet access when out and about can be problematic so carry your mobile guidebook in the palm of your hand. We include a fully linked Table of Contents and internally to access context-specific information quickly and easily when offline. Many web links are included as well for additional information.
Updated after the death of the “Supreme Leader” Kim Jong-il and transition to the “Great Successor” Kim Jong-un on December 17, 2011.
Works on Kindle and on iPhone, iPad, Android, Windows PC, Mac, Windows Phone, etc. using the free Kindle Reader software.
Contents:
Welcome To North Korea
Where To Visit
— Donghae Coast
— Chongjin
— Wonsan
— Baekdu Mountains
— Mount Baekdu
— Pyongan
— Pyongyang
— Hwanghae
— Kaesong
— Panmunjeom
— Kumgangsan
Transportation & Tours
Language
Shopping
Eating & Drinking
Accommodation
Working
Safety & Security
Staying Healthy
Cultural Issues
Communications
Background
The author, whose father was a member of the Communist Party, decided to travel to five countries that are still avowedly Marxist. His journeyings took him to three continents and have produced a book that is both travel literature and a commentary on Marxist politics.
All but closed to outside visitors and influence, its public posture guarded and combative, we see almost nothing from inside North Korea. Award-winning photographer Mark Edward Harris has had rare access to this reclusive country, traveling within its borders as well as documenting life along its northern border with China and the highly militarized DMZ dividing North and South Korea. His images are amazing: the monumental architecture and empty streets of the capital; tightly controlled zones of economic and tourist trade with South Korea; mass games featuring 100,000 choreographed participants. Short essays, extended captions, and a foreword by North Korea expert Bruce Cumings further illuminate a country increasingly at the center of international politics.
This two-sided map of North Korea and South Korea explores the historical and ongoing political challenges of this region. One side displays a detailed political map and inset maps on population, economy, and armaments. The reverse side features pictures and maps of the Korean War, as well as a colorful relief map that reveals the rugged physical geography of the Korean peninsula. New place-names introduced by the South Korean government are shown--changing places such as Pusan to Busan and Cheju to Jeju.
Scale: 1:1,357,000. 23 x 36 inches (approx).
This Special report will show you how to find a job as a foreigner and how to do business with the DPRK. A special section offers tips & tricks on securing rare jobs.
An unprecedented photographic tour of North Korea that examines life under the Kims' totalitarian regime.
For more than half a century, North Korea has been the epitome of a rogue state. Since the defeat of the Japanese occupation in 1945 it has been a nation apart, ruled by father-and-son autocrats—the late Kim Il-sung, known as the Great Leader, and his successor Kim Jong-il, known as the Dear Leader—who have expanded the cult of personality to unparalleled lengths.
No regime, past or present, has ever created an environment of such ubiquitous propaganda. In finely orchestrated detail, flags, murals, and slogans praise the party, while monuments, statues, and portraits glorify its leaders. Philippe Chancel's neutral but sophisticated photographs explore how the political has been transfigured into an all-encompassing aesthetic. He shows us the wide, car-less avenues of Pyongyang—the capital city rebuilt to plans drawn up by the Great Leader himself—the Children's Palace, and the gigantic May Day Stadium, which seats up to 150,000 people. It is a remarkable scenography of a uniquely chilling reality. 129 color photographs.
Korea North and South 1:1,500,000 Travel Map, 2012 edition NELLESDouble sided, folded map of the Korean Peninsula, covering both North and South Korea at 1:1,500,000, with sheet size 79 x 50 cm / 31 x 19.5 in. offering a convenient format for use when travelling. The map divides the region north / south, including a very generous overlap between the two sides.
Relief shading with spot heights and names of mountain ranges presents the topography. Road network distinguishes between highways in good and poor condition and shows distances on main routes. Railway lines and local airports are included, and ferry links from South Korea to its outlaying islands and Japan are marked. The map also shows internal administrative boundaries in both countries with names of the provinces.
National parks or protected areas and numerous other places of interest are highlighted in South Korea. Within North Korea only a couple of ancient historical sites are marked. Latitude and longitude margin ticks are at 4° intervals. The map has no index. An inset provides a street plan of central Seoul at 1:20,000, indicating main sights, various facilities and institutions including several foreign embassies, and selected hotels.
The legend is in English, French and German, the map has the reliable, practical concertina fold and hard cover.
"Undoubtedly the warmest, friendliest, most polite and most hospitable people I have met." So wrote Mike Langford after his four months' journey through North and South Korea by bus, boat, bicycle and on foot, often living with the people in their homes. On North Korea he wrote"The countryside is fresh and clean; the people have a spirit of socialism that must be like that of China in the sixties - everyone looks like they have just walked out of a revolutionary poster. They are wonderful!" Whilst Korea is now a highly modernized, industrial society, especially in the South, Mike took his cameras off the track in order to record the magnificent scenery and the Korean people of the countryside. Of the thousands of shots he took, this book pre3sents ninety of them in stunning fashion. Already famous for his photography in such works as 'Han Suyin's China', his empathy with Korea shinee through. In a style that could only be displayed by a native of the country, Chong-Sik Lee, Professor of Political Science at the University of Pennsylvania, has produced a fascinating, historical and cultural background text which will surely whet the appetite of the interested student of this comparatively little-known but ancient land. ---- from book's dustjacket
This book explores North Korea’s past and present as reflected by its showcase capital, Pyongyang. With photos and site-by-site descriptions, this nearly inaccessible place is revealed in unprecedented detail. (Hidden sites are also exposed, from the district for Party officials to prisons for dissidents.) In the process, the book illuminates dark corners of North Korean history.
This is the first map ever published of this secretive country. Needless to say, gathering information was difficult but, thanks to cartographic input from around the world, the project was completed in only four years. The information shown is designed to encourage people to visit this interesting country locked into a 1950s mind-set. Includes inset map of Pyongyang and Pyongyang Metro System.
Folded road & tourist map of both North and South Korea at 1:1,500,000 scale. Places of interest, national parks, beaches, and ferry routes are highlighted. Shaded-relief coloring clearly depicts topography. Inset of central Soul (Seoul). Legend in 3 languages.
Winner of the McCaleb Peace Initiative, Coral Russell, traveled to Korea to investigate the reunification progress between North and South Korea. These articles first appeared in the Chart 2003.
These article were written while at Missouri Southern State University in Joplin, MO. All profit from the sale of this eBook will go towards rebuilding Joplin, MO.
'The scariest place on earth.' So said President Bill Clinton on his visit to the no-man's land between South and North Korea in 1993. With the end of the Cold War in Europe, the minefields and barbed wire that divide the two Koreas constitute the jagged edge of world peace. If the world is to endure a nuclear holocaust, Korea is the likely flashpoint.
Although one can peep inside Stalinist North Korea from the capitalist South, to set foot within that hermetic state requires a journey of several thousand miles--from Soul to Hong Kong, from Hong Kong to Beijing, and form Beijing to the North Korean capital, Pyongyang. And this presupposes that the North Korean Embassy in Beijing will happily grant a visa to any itinerant Westerner requesting one--which, as this book explains, is not the case.
This book, then, is a collection of field observations and reflections by Clive Leatherdale who undertook two separate journeys to South Korea and North Korea. This book title comes from the familiar Korean folk tale of "dreaming of a pig" as a good omen of fortune and enrichment, the story that he was told by a student in South Korea. The writer makes a conscious attempt to draw parallels between his modern day travels and the earlier accounts of Westerners' travels to Korea's hermit-kingdom in bygone eras.