Is North Korea expertise all talk? The debate around understanding one of the world’s most reclusive nations centres on the question of language.
The eight-volume memoirs of North Korean founder Kim Il-sung were recently published in South Korea amid heated controversy (Jung Yeon-Je/AFP via Getty Images) Published 5 May 2021 06:00 0 Comments
Among Russia, Middle East–North Africa, China and North Korea watchers, there’s a recurrent debate – one responsible for snide comments at conferences, heated social media arguments and even, from what I’ve witnessed, physical altercations. It revolves around one question: Can you be an expert on a place without speaking the main language? In the case of North Korea, of course, that means Korean, and whether an analyst can read, write and speak Korean.
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