New book highlights life in North Korea
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In a new book called "Nothing To Envy" reporter Barbara Demick has pieced together a picture of how people live in North Korea, mostly by talking to people who've escaped from the secretive totalitarian nation.
She says due to long-term malnutrition, the average 17 year old North Korean is around five inches shorter than a South Korean of the same age.
Presenter: Mark Colvin
Speakers: Barbara Demick, author of a book on North Korea called 'Nothing To Envy'
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