{"product_id":"my-friend-kim-jong-un","title":"My Friend Kim Jong Un","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy:\u003c\/strong\u003e Janet Hong\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePublished by Drawn and Quarterly, 2026-02-03\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAward-winning cartoonist Keum Suk Gendry-Kim demystifies the inscrutable North Korean leader\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA woman falls over a thin black line, slicing her in two—half becoming North Korea, the other half becoming South. From the Island of Ganghwa, a seemingly idyllic rural paradise just an hour outside of Seoul, North Korea sits mere miles away, visible from cartoonist Keum Suk Gendry-Kim’s home and studio. It looms over her while she walks her dogs through the rice paddies. Artillery fire, helicopters, and sirens from a nearby military base paint her acoustic landscape. Gendry-Kim has written extensively about the pain and heartbreak experienced throughout Korea’s recent history in her award-winning books Grass and The Waiting. In My friend Kim Jong-Un, Gendry-Kim looks not to the past, but to the present—to the man currently responsible for upholding the national divide.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRetracing his rise to power and uncovering his human side, Gendry-Kim explores the life of the supreme leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea: from his birth to his international education, his tastes and hobbies, and his relationships. Gendry-Kim weaves her personal accounts from this process throughout the book, in her signature approach to personal nonfiction by including interviews with former South Korean president Moon Jae-in, North Korean defectors, researchers, journalists, Kim’s former chef, and a friend from his boarding school days in Switzerland.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMy Friend Kim Jong-Un carries a message of peace and attempts to make sense of an awful chapter in Korean history. Translated by the award-winning Janet Hong, My Friend... is a cautionary tale and education on what makes a dictator, at a time when these lessons are more relevant in the West than ever.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Phoenix Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51450836975785,"sku":"PHBK-9781770468221","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0578\/9899\/1785\/files\/9725993482818.jpg?v=1792781727","url":"https:\/\/myti.com\/products\/my-friend-kim-jong-un","provider":"Myti","version":"1.0","type":"link"}