1. What do you know about North Korea and its leader Kim Jong-Il?

2. a) Who is Julian Dobbs?
b) For what reason did Mr. Dobbs travel to North Korea recently?

3. How does the North Korean government treat dissenters and Christians?

4. What types of restrictions are placed on visitors to North Korea?

5. a) Define infrastructure.
b) What was Mr. Dobb's experience with the infrastructure of Sonbong?

6. a) How often is a government broadcast praising the Communist-like Korean Worker's Party and exhorting residents to pray to "our leader, Kim Jong Il" played over loudspeakers in the town of Sonbong?
b) Why do you think this is done?

7. Why do you think most people in Sonbong barely noticed the foreigners in their midst?

8. How does the bakery compensate for the unreliable power supplies in Sonbong?

9. What specific restrictions were placed on Mr. Dobbs and his group during their month stay in North Korea?

10. Why isn't the U.S. government attempting to help the people of North Korea?

11. This article paints a brief but grim picture of life in North Korea. The overall picture for the immediate future of the North Koreans does not look good. For what purpose do you think the editors of World Magazine published this article?