One of the rare foreigners to have studied in North Korea, Dr. Andrei Lankov is in a unique position to interpret North Korea's culture and society to a foreign audience.In this volume we bring together a selection of Andrei Lankov's most popular columns for NK News, illustrated with luminous photographs by Eric Lafforgue. The articles cover all aspects of North Korean society, from the surprisingly placid criminal gangs of Pyongyang, to the rules of decorum that apply to women, to the recent decline in army recruitment as black market entrepreneurs grow increasingly wealthy.