[학술논문] Symbolization of the “Baekdu Lineage” Statues and the Practice of Veneration Rituals
Symbols are a key mechanism for worshiping and idolizing political power. North Korea has built sculptures across the country to idolize the so-called Baekdu Lineage. After liberation, the North Korean authorities, who had been promoting the idolization of Kim Il Sung, gradually expanded the scope of idolization to include families of the “Baekdu Lineage.” The North Korean authorities did
[학위논문] 북한 장마당이 경제와 체제에 미친 영향에 대한 실증분석 연구
...ideological system transformed its existing system into the Juche ideology of the leadership. Accordingly Kim Jong-il justified hereditary power succession and received an enhanced absolutism and idolatry of Kim Il-Sung. Juche ideology has gradually taken on a religious color and became a religion after the Socio-political Life Theory appeared. The religious Juche ideology was selected as one of the...