LOUISVILLE, Ky. 鈥 Best-selling author and investigative journalist Suki Kim will discuss her rare experience 鈥淯ndercover in North Korea鈥 during the Oct. 18 annual UofL lecture in Asian democracy at the Louisville Free Public Library.
Kim鈥檚 public talk will begin at 6:30 p.m. at the main library, 301 York St. UofL鈥檚 Center for Asian Democracy is presenting the lecture with the World Affairs Council of Kentucky and Southern Indiana as part of the Louisville Free Public Library鈥檚 fall author series. Although the event is free, online registration is requested at to reserve seats.
A book-signing session will follow her discussion, moderated by Mark Hebert, UofL director of programming and production.
Kim鈥檚 New York Times best-selling book 鈥淲ithout You, There Is No Us: Undercover Among the Sons of North Korea鈥檚 Elite鈥 chronicles her six months teaching English to the 19-year-old sons of North Korea鈥檚 ruling class at a new university staffed by foreigners.
The Korean-American journalist went undercover in 2011 as a missionary and a teacher to live in the walled, heavily guarded campus of 270 male students. She kept notes secretly and flew out just days after the death of leader Kim Jong-il.
Kim鈥檚 first novel, 鈥淭he Interpreter,鈥 was a finalist for a PEN Hemingway Prize, and her nonfiction has appeared in The New York Times, Washington Post, Slate and The New Republic; the New York-based writer has been featured on CNN and is noted for a 2015 TED talk.
For more information, contact Jason Abbott at 502-641-4565 or Jason.abbott@louisville.edu.
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