April 27, 2024
Opinion

Pyongyang Chronicles: Why North Korean scholars love Shakespeare but hate Freud

Professors at the DPRK’s top university are passionate and curious but face considerable obstacles in their work

Editor’s note: The following is the fourth in a multipart memoir series written by Alek Sigley about his time studying at Kim Il Sung University.


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