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There's usually a neighborhood "supervisor" (I can't remember the exact term) that runs public meetings, inspects houses, solicits people to inform on each other and so forth, as well as confidential informants run by the police. Any guests have to be reported to the supervisor.

Edit: It's the inminbanjang (인민반장, people's unit leader), which reports directly to the party. The first two syllables are borrowed from Chinese, the same word that makes up "People's" in "People's Republic of China".

What can we do about the worrisome trend towards overmilitarized, under-accountable librarians in the US?

Musically, what's your favorite guilty pleasure?

Do you carry a glass of coke with a straw, and does the level of the drink increase or decrease when you drink it after a shot of liquor?

Do you see China's attitude towards NK changing? How do or did the various NK factions line up vs. China?