{"id":35906,"date":"2019-12-04T06:00:02","date_gmt":"2019-12-04T12:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/?p=35906"},"modified":"2019-11-25T17:08:31","modified_gmt":"2019-11-25T23:08:31","slug":"north-korea-journal-by-michael-palin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/north-korea-journal-by-michael-palin\/","title":{"rendered":"North Korea Journal by Michael Palin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/rivershare.polarislibrary.com\/search\/title.aspx?ctx=14.1033.0.0.1&amp;cn=1322516\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-35913\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Image-North-Korea-Journal3.jpg?resize=218%2C218&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"218\" height=\"218\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Image-North-Korea-Journal3.jpg?w=218&amp;ssl=1 218w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Image-North-Korea-Journal3.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Image-North-Korea-Journal3.jpg?resize=144%2C144&amp;ssl=1 144w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 218px) 100vw, 218px\" \/><\/a>Michael Palin has taken us on his travels over the years.\u00a0 We\u2019ve gone with him as he\u2019s circumnavigated the globe in 80 days, gone pole-to-pole, and explored the Himalayas. \u00a0This time he\u2019s off to the DPRK, the Democratic People\u2019s Republic of Korea, for a 15-day adventure with a small film crew and some preconceived notions of what he\u2019ll find.<\/p>\n<p>This small book is presented in journal form, his day-by-day activities documented and presented with a copious number of photographs.\u00a0 Day 3:\u00a0 Arrive at Pyongyang station.\u00a0 Day 8:\u00a0 A journey to the Demilitarized Zone.<\/p>\n<p>On his travels he notes the ever-present images of Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il, painted in pictures or molded in bronze, always equal in size.\u00a0 He hears music played in loud speakers sounding throughout a city, the soundtrack of their lives.\u00a0 He sees Senior Citizen ladies in traditional dress dance \u201cformally and carefully, as if in slow motion.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But the places he goes are not the main message of <a href=\"http:\/\/rivershare.polarislibrary.com\/search\/title.aspx?ctx=14.1033.0.0.1&amp;cn=1322516\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><strong>North Korea Journal<\/strong><\/em><\/a>.\u00a0 Palin strives to give us sense of the people he encounters along the way. \u00a0Their hesitance to engage with outsiders.\u00a0 Their love for their Great Leaders.\u00a0 He asks probing questions, and only sometimes embarrasses his hosts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Michael Palin has taken us on his travels over the years.\u00a0 We\u2019ve gone with him as he\u2019s circumnavigated the globe in 80 days, gone pole-to-pole, and explored the Himalayas. \u00a0This time he\u2019s off to the DPRK, the Democratic People\u2019s Republic of Korea, for a 15-day adventure with a small film<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/north-korea-journal-by-michael-palin\/\">[Read 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