Shouldn’t the role be “advertised” to other people as well? Why is it following the Kim family line when that seems completely against ML thought?
Shouldn’t the role be “advertised” to other people as well? Why is it following the Kim family line when that seems completely against ML thought?
That was a really interesting read and actually explained it very well… Thank you. Do you have any other things to read on the DPRK in general?
Juche idea study course: https://yewtu.be/watch?v=OymYKXvrCF0
‘Let us advance under the banner of Marxism-Leninism and the Juche Idea’ – https://archive.org/details/LetUsAdvanceUnderTheBannerOfMarxism-leninismAndTheJucheIdeaOnThe
John Major: ‘Want undiluted sovereignty? Go to North Korea’ – https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-politics-eu-referendum-36170066
RAND report in 2020: DPRK will have 200 nukes by 2027 – https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/07/07/north-korea-nuclear-weapons-united-states-deterrence/ – https://www.rand.org/news/advisories/2021/04/12.html
Juche Idea: Answers to Hundred Questions – https://archive.org/details/juche-questions
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_Eliminating_Dogmatism_and_Formalism_and_Establishing_Juche_in_Ideological_Work
https://exploredprk.com/articles/housing-problem-and-the-dprk/
https://exploredprk.com/
http://www.gnu.rep.kp/ – the official website of DPRK broadcasting. There’s some videos on the site. The .kp TLD is controlled by DPRK, all websites that end with .kp are DPRK websites.
https://kcnawatch.org/kctv-archive/ – has video archives of DPRK TV broadcast. KCNA is the name of the DPRK state news but this website is owned by an American company called NK News
healthcare system: https://web.archive.org/web/20221024155438/https://www.globalasia.org/v16no3/cover/north-koreas-surprisingly-robust-healthcare-system_kee-b-parkedward-i-ham
Really boring Swiss report about the technicalities of how the political system works there. This type of source is good because it’s not propaganda, it’s for academics and governance experts – https://web.archive.org/web/20221217045342/https://www.asgp.info/Publications/CPI-English/1992_163_01-e.pdf
Election data – https://web.archive.org/web/20171021163836/https://archive.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/2085_E.htm
https://www.38north.org/resources/ – This is a very good website. It’s run by Korean-Americans who are bilingual in English and Korean, and is dedicated to understanding primary sources from within the DPRK, like academic journals about economics. Article about consumerism. Article about banking. ‘Reports of North Korea’s Return to a Command Economy Have Been Exaggerated’. https://www.38north.org/2023/02/understanding-kim-jong-uns-economic-policymaking-key-findings-and-implications/
N. Korea revises constitution to include Kim Jong-un’s reform-oriented approach to economy [2019]: https://english.hani.co.kr/arti/english_edition/e_northkorea/901610.html
https://web.archive.org/web/20210329180009/https://www.dailynk.com/english/north-koreas-new-agricultural-system-yields-promising-results/
Documentary: loyal citizens of pyongyang in seoul
Documentary: my brothers and sisters in the north
youtube channel: DPRK explained
Talking points/one-pager: https://dprkorea.carrd.co/ or https://web.archive.org/web/20230502123305/https://dprkorea.carrd.co/
https://www.kfausa.org/resources/ – overseas outreach arm
Awesome! Thank you so much
Omg you linked my carrd that’s awesome
lol
“Patriots, traitors and empires” by Stephen gowans. It’s a great read on the history of Korea.