Mysterious Pyongyang: Cosmetics, Beauty Culture and North Korea

by Nam Sung-wook, Chae Su-lan, Lee Ga-young

Overview

This book is written with the belief that the peaceful unification of Korean Peninsula will be upon us on the day that every woman in North Korea uses South Korean and global cosmetics. The authors focus on understanding the intentions behind the three leaders of North Korea, Kim Il-sung, Kim Jong-il and Kim Jong-un, based on their comments on the cosmetics industry and their field guidance tendencies, analyzing the governance style of Pyongyang through women’s life and beauty culture. It is the earliest book of its kind in the women’s life and beauty culture of North Korea.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789811577055
Publisher:	Springer Nature Singapore
Publication date:	10/25/2021
Edition description:	1st ed. 2021
Pages:	339
Product dimensions:	5.83(w) x 8.27(h) x (d)

About the Author

Sung-wook Nam is an East Asia expert with the theoretical and practical experience in academia, government and intelligence services on North Korea and China. He has worked as an analyst for Korean National Intelligence Service and an advisor to Ministry of National Defense, Ministry of National Unification and Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Nam is Dean of Graduate School of Public Policy, Korea University, and Director of Center for North Koreanology at the Asiatic Research Institute, Korea University, since 2013. He is co-author of South Korea’s 70-Year Endeavor for Foreign Policy, National Defense, and Unification (Singapore: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018).

Su-lan Chae is a Researcher at Asiatic Research Institute, Korea University.

Ga-young Lee is a Researcher at Asiatic Research Institute, Korea University.

Table of Contents

1.Women Life in North Korea: Ideal and Reality
2.The Beauty Culture and Perspective of North Korean Women
3.North Korean Policy for Cosmetic Industry
4.Chemical Compositional Analysis of North Korean Cosmetics
5.A comparison of North and South Korea: Differences in perception of Beauty and Make-up Practices/Culture
6.North Korean Economy and Prospects for the Cosmetic Industry Development