[지리/관광] North Korea: What we know about the world's most isolated country (Paperback)

...components of the modern North Korean state. It demystifies the absolute power of the three-generation Kim dynasty and its quasi-religious "Paektu Bloodline," explains the all-encompassing state ideology of Juche, and maps the intricate power structures of the Party, State, and Military. The narrative then moves into the very fabric of society, revealing the secret songbun caste system that dictates every...

[학술논문] German Philosophy in East Asia and Beyond

...Emperor-centered state ideology in Japan. The Meiji Restoration (明治維新, Meiji Ishin) literally means “renewal by reforming what is old.” The same term “Yushin維新” later appeared in modern Korean history, where Korea’s Yushin system sought to construct a strong national subjectivity. Even North Korea’s Juche ideology was influenced by German Idealism. The literal meaning of Juche(주체) in Korean is subjectivity...

[학술논문] 『세기와 더불어』에 서술된 북한 민족해방운동사 인식의 변화상과 함의

...different interpretaions on various version. This book can cause basis on flexible action for changing of North Korae if it sounds paradoxical. In other words, awareness of history restricted by the Juche ideology can makes new representation by authority on Kim Il Song. With The Century has three features. First, This book narrates history of North Korea’s national liberation movement on the view of national...

[학술논문] Sport Policy in North Korea: Regime-Specific Trajectories and Challenges

...accordance with socialist principles, public participation in sports was encouraged, focusing on events such as climbing and swimming that help improve the physical strength of residents. Based on the Juche ideology and socio-political life theory, physical education was used as a means of solidifying the system and responding to social crises during the Kim Jong Il period. Under Kim Jong Un, international...

[학술논문] The Resurrection of Confucianism in North Korea

...during the early years of the North Korean regime, and finish with the processes of resurrection of Confucianism during the 1970s and 1980s as the Juche ideology became formalized and stabilized. North Korea’s Juche ideology is a resurrection of Confucianism in a mystical way, and socialism in North Korea therefore can be seen as an ideology with a strong mutual affinity with pre-modern ideologies.

[학술논문] Political Economy of North Korea’s WMD Venture and Its Strategic Implications

This paper discusses the nexus between North Korea’s power configuration, economic conditions, and its WMD development. The isolated Stalinist country could dodge the economic difficulties it experienced since the 1990s with its consolidated one-man dictatorship. However, the regime’s inflexibility has retarded its economic transformation despite the severe economic plight during the mid-1900s. Transition