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SUMMARY:What Makes North Korea Tick? - Joshua Karton
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CONTACT:David Gordon
DESCRIPTION:North Korea is constantly in the news\, yet few know anything 
 about the ‘hermit kingdom’\; it is arguably the most oppressive societ
 y on Earth and has suffered terrible famines\, yet there has been no hint 
 of a revolution\; it is relatively small and weak\, yet constantly strikes
  a belligerent posture. Recent revelations about North Korea’s nuclear p
 rogramme and the illness of its leader\, Kim Jong-Il\, have kept it on the
  front pages. This talk provides an introduction to the extreme ideology a
 nd Orwellian methods of social control that make North Korea tick.\n\nBio:
  Joshua Karton is a PhD candidate at Pembroke College. A graduate of Yale 
 and Columbia Law School\, he wrote his undergraduate dissertation on North
  Korean official ideology and worked at the Canadian Embassy in Beijing on
  North Korea-related issues. While at the embassy\, he co-wrote a primer o
 n North Korea still given to Canadian diplomats assigned to work in the re
 gion. His PhD research focuses on the resolution of international commerci
 al disputes but he has maintained an amateur interest in North Korea in pa
 rticular and East Asian politics in general.
LOCATION:Nihon Room\, Pembroke College
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