| Spencer, Richard 28 August 2007 | Ducruet, Cesar et Jo, Jin-Cheol 2008 , Transport Reviews, Vol |
|---|---|
| Kong Dan Oh, and Ralph C | Pyongyang's nuclear , though potentially dangerous, is driven by fear rather than by militaristic ambition |
Defense and Security: A Compendium of National Armed Forces and Security Policies.
| , Korea's Place in the Sun: A Modern History, , 1998, paperback, 527 pages,• Kenneth, and Joseph Tragert, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Understanding North Korea, Alpha Books, 2004, paperback, 448 pages,• The website of the at• 1 : Liberation and the Emergence of Separate Regimes 1945—1947, , 1981, paperback,• In North Korea, one's songbun, or socio-economic and class background, is extremely important and is primarily determined at birth | Compiled by the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor |
|---|---|
| Songun Politics Study Group USA | Chol-hwan Kang and Pierre Rigoulot 2005 |
North Korea, run by a Stalinist dictatorship for almost six decades, is largely closed to foreign reporters and it is impossible to independently check today's claims.
19| Scanlon, Charles 16 February 2007 | Korea Computer Center in DPR Korea |
|---|---|
| A power struggle to succeed Kim Jong-il as leader of North Korea's Stalinist dictatorship may be looming after his eldest son was reported to have returned from semi-voluntary exile | Bruce Cumings, North Korea: Another Country, , 2004, paperback,• Robert Willoughby, North Korea: The Bradt Travel Guide |
North Korea is a totalitarian dictatorship and one of the most restrictive countries in the world.
26