Conversations with North Koreans

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Conversations with North Koreans

I wanted real talk with real Northerners – and got much more than talk

Christopher Carothers November 4, 2015

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Editor’s note: All North Koreans in the following story have been given pseudonyms.

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Christopher Carothers

Christopher Carothers is a political scientist and the author of "Corruption Control in Authoritarian Regimes: Lessons from East Asia." He conducts research and writes on China, North Korea, South Korea and Taiwan. Carothers received his Ph.D. in government from Harvard University and is affiliated with the Center for the Study of Contemporary China at the University of Pennsylvania.

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