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North Korean Millennials: FGCU Group Screens Documentary on Nation's 'Black Market' Generation

Photo: Roman Harak via Flickr Creative Commons

North Korea dominates headlines for it's missile programs, assassinations, and other acts that have earned it the nickname as "the Hermit Kingdom." But a new documentary screening at Florida Gulf Coast UniversityThursday, Apr. 6 at 7 p.m. hopes to show how a new generation of North Korean millennialsare challenging the nation's ruling elite and may be the country's best hope for change.

Thursday at 1:30 p.m., FGCU Rescue Team president Tatiana Galdamez joins the program to discuss the screening of "The Jangmadang Generation"and the work of North Korea-focused nonprofit Liberty in North Korea.

Matthew Smith is a reporter and producer of WGCU’s Gulf Coast Live.