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Without You, There Is No Us: My secret life teaching the sons of North Korea’s elite
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Without You, There Is No Us: My secret life teaching the sons of North Korea’s elite
by Suki Kim
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Of course, the DPRK purposely infantilized its citizens, making everyone helpless and powerless so that they depended on the state.