Diario de Corea del Norte

The fascinating reality of the world's most airtight country In May 2018, Monty Python star Michael Palin, former president of the Royal London Geographical Society and intrepid globetrotter, spent two weeks in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, a hermetic country without Neither coverage nor internet where the countryside lives anchored in the past and cities abound with bright skyscrapers and luxurious train stations. In her North Korean Diary, Palin not only describes what she saw during her stay, but also recounts the struggles with the authorities to get to visit some places and narrates the conversations she had with farmers, citizens and bureaucrats. His reflections on a country that generates equal parts fascination and fear are revealing and intensely personal. With his wit, rigor and warmth that characterizes him, Michael Palin offers us an exceptional and enlightening portrait of North Korean life that is hidden behind sensational headlines and fake news.