LFPL's At the Library Series

The UofL Center for Asian Democracy and the World Affairs Council of Kentucky and Southern Indiana and the Louisville Free Public Library presentSuki Kim - Undercover in North Korea2017 Annual Lecture in Asian DemocracySuki Kim is the New York Times bestselling author of Without You, There Is No Us. The book chronicles the six months Kim spent teaching English to the 19-year-old sons of North Korea's ruling class at a brand-new university staffed only by foreigners. She is the only writer to go undercover in North Korea to investigate and write a book from the inside. In this talk, Kim offers an unprecedented and surprisingly moving look into the day-to-day machinations of North Korea's totalitarian regime through the lens of her own remarkable experiences.Moderated by Mark Hebert.