Status Updates From The Girl with Seven Names: ...

There are so many similarities between the North Korea and USSR it's crazy. Like this part from chapter 5, for example, "The Bowibu [secret police] didn’t watch from street corners or parked cars[..]The citizenry did all that for them. Neighbours could be relied upon to inform on neighbours; children to spy on children; workers to watch co-workers". The same air of distrust among people was ussr's weapon of control.