Stories from the People's Paradise, North Korea - Journalist Ron Gluckman reports on slices of life in North Korea: the 1966 soccer squad that nearly reached the World Cup finals, a museum of lavish birthday gifts to former leader Kim Il Sung, stories of defectors, a train trip to Pyongyang, a visit to the DMZ, Pyongyang's only disco, the state film studio and North Korea's version of the Internet. CNN Factsheet - One of the World's Most Secretive Nations - North Korea is one of the world's most authoritarian and secretive nations, with an economy in dire straits after decades of mismanagement. BBC Radio 3: On Location in North Korea - Listen to this BBC radio documentary recorded in North Korea and view photos of host Andy Kershaw's visit to the country. Asia Times - Cracks in North Korean 'Stalinism' - Documents how the major peculiarities of Stalinism are slowly disappearing from North Korea, and how the "Hermit Kingdom" is not as hermetic as the government would like. Asia Times Online - North Korea's Antique Food Rationing - Describes the history and de facto collapse of the North Korean government's Public Distribution System (PDS) which rationed food for a majority of its people. New YorkTimes - Views Show How North Korea Policy Spread Misery - Interviews with eight people who recently left North Korea paint a haunting portrait of desperation and political resentment. BBC News - N Korea Envoys 'Smuggled Drugs' - Turkey deports two North Korean diplomats accused of smuggling amphetamine pills into the country. Ethnologue - Languages of North Korea - Information about the living languages of the country including population, region, classification, dialects and alternate names. Los Angeles Times - North Korean Facade of Self-sufficiency Can't Hide Signs of Hunger - Despite efforts to put up a front, North Korea is spiraling down to another famine and mass starvation.