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Important sources about the [[Democratic People's Republic of Korea|DPRK]] (North Korea) aiming to debunk the endless stream of [[Imperialism|imperialist]] [[propaganda]] from the [[bourgeois media]] used to discredit it. Original source is [https://dprkstudyguide.wordpress.com dprkstudyguide.wordpress.com] ==Articles== *[https://gowans.blog/2007/03/03/understanding-north-korea/ Understanding North Korea] - Crucial introductory read on the DPRK’s historical background. *[https://invent-the-future.org/2013/11/understanding-north-korea/ Interview: Understanding and Defending North Korea] - Very insightful must read interview with Yongho Thae, Minister of the DPRK embassy in London. *[http://syriatimes.sy/index.php/news/local/30732-n-korean-diplomat-syrian-army-s-achievements-against-terrorism-make-us-feel-happy North Korean diplomat on the Syrian War] *[https://www.mintpressnews.com/north-korea-foreign-minister-on-what-is-needed-for-negotiations-with-us/233161/ North Korea Foreign Minister On What Is Needed For Negatiations With US] *[https://www.liberationnews.org/my-trip-to-north-korea-13-misconceptions-corrected/ My trip to North Korea: 13 misconceptions corrected] *[https://espressostalinist.com/2016/12/10/dprk-death-of-fidel-castro-ruz-is-great-loss-to-korean-people/ DPRK mourning Fidel Castro] *[https://espressostalinist.com/2017/01/30/bruce-cumings-on-the-north-korean-economy/ Bruce Cummings on the North Korean Economy] *[https://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/05/world/asia/koreas-tricky-task-digging-up-past-treachery.html Korea’s Tricky Task: Digging Up Past Treachery] - On the imperialist puppets who were installed by the US: [[Syngman Rhee]] and a legion of former collaborators with the Japanese colonialists. *[https://journal-neo.org/2016/03/18/north-korea-punished-for-helping-to-liberate-africa/ North Korea Punished for Helping to Liberate Africa] *[https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jun/19/black-panthers-north-korea-us-imperialism How Black Panthers turned to North Korea in fight against US imperialism] *[https://thediplomat.com/2016/06/the-north-korea-cuba-connection/ The North Korea – Cuba Connection] *[https://www.latintimes.com/fidel-castro-says-north-korea-sent-cuba-free-weapons-during-cold-war-130279 Fidel Castro Says North Korea Sent Cuba Free Weapons During Cold War] *[https://www.globalresearch.ca/americas-war-against-the-people-of-korea-the-historical-record-of-us-war-crimes/5350591 America’s War against the people of Korea: The Historical Record of US War Crimes] *[https://journal-neo.org/2017/03/13/north-korea-the-grand-deception-revealed/ North Korea: The Grand Deception Revealed] *[https://www.exutopia.com/on-smoking-weed-in-north-korea/ On Smoking Weed in North Korea] *[https://medium.com/defiant/a-lot-of-what-you-know-about-north-korea-is-racist-nonsense-a625256b51cc A Lot Of What You Know About North Korea Is Racist Nonsense] *[https://jucheireland.wordpress.com/2017/01/16/the-importance-of-international-solidarity-dprks-support-for-hezbollah/ The Importance of International Solidarity: DPRK’s Support for Hezbollah] *[https://jucheireland.wordpress.com/2016/07/29/the-importance-of-international-solidarity-dprk-palestine/ The Importance of International Solidarity: DPRK – Palestine] *[https://jucheireland.wordpress.com/2014/07/12/dprk-on-palestine/ DPRK on Palestine] *[https://jucheireland.wordpress.com/2014/12/14/a-friend-of-all-progressive-people/ Kim Jong Il – a Friend of all Progressive Peoples] *[https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/may/20/north-korea-unlikely-champion-fight-against-climate-change North Korea: an unlikely champion in the fight against climate change] *[https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/monicamark/the-dream-of-north-korea-is-alive-in-west-africa The Dream Of North Korea Is Alive In West Africa] *[https://www.nknews.org/2014/06/interview-thousands-of-north-korea-juche-supporters-exist-in-nigeria./ Interview: Thousands of North Korea Juche supporters exist in Nigeria] *[https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/nov/20/-sp-north-korea-matthew-miller Freed American Matthew Miller: ‘I wanted to stay in North Korea’] *[https://maoistrebelnews.com/2011/10/01/north-korean-medical-care-is-good/ North Korean Medical Care is Good] *Health Care in North Korea *Brazen American Imperialist Aggressors: Seeing the World from the DPRK *[https://www.globalresearch.ca/north-korea-un-double-standards-pertaining-to-sanctions-and-their-devastating-social-impacts/5364484 North Korea, “Genocide by Sanctions”: UN Double Standards Pertaining to Sanctions and their Devastating Social Impacts] *[https://www.globalresearch.ca/know-the-facts-north-korea-lost-close-to-30-of-its-population-as-a-result-of-us-bombings-in-the-1950s/22131 KNOW THE FACTS: North Korea lost close to 30% of its population as a result of US bombings in the 1950s] *[https://gowans.blog/2010/12/07/war-crimes-investigation-of-north-korea-ludicrous-beyond-words/ War Crimes Investigation of North Korea Ludicrous Beyond Words] *[https://journal-neo.org/2014/11/30/north-korea-the-un-and-war-propaganda-2/ North Korea, The UN, And War Propaganda] *The origins of the DPRK: From Division to Reunification ([https://stalinsmoustache.org/2015/06/30/the-origins-of-the-dprk-from-division-to-reunification/ broken link]) *[https://www.bbc.com/news/av/uk-wales-40078961 Disabled North Korean musicians showcase talent on UK tour] *[https://theduran.com/truth-north-korea-booming/ The truth about North Korea: it’s booming] *[https://www.38north.org/2016/05/rfrank052016/ The 7th Party Congress in North Korea: A Return to a New Normal] *[https://gowans.blog/2017/07/05/the-real-reason-washington-is-worried-about-north-koreas-icbm-test/ The Real Reason Washington is Worried about North Korea’s ICBM Test] *[https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/may/08/north-korea-will-only-use-nuclear-weapons-if-sovereignty-is-threatened North Korea will not use nuclear weapons first, says Kim Jong-un] *[https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/jun/18/pyongyang-us-customs-agents-mugged-north-korean-di/ Pyongyang: U.S. customs agents ‘mugged’ North Korean diplomats at JFK airport] *[https://www.38north.org/2017/07/hferon071817/ Pyongyang’s Construction Boom: Is North Korea Beating Sanctions?] *[https://www.dw.com/en/north-korea-defector-returns-home-calling-south-capitalist-hell/a-39745918 North Korean defector returns home calling South ‘capitalist hell’] *[https://www.liberationschool.org/why-north-korea-is-developing-html/ Why North Korea is developing nuclear weapons] *[https://globalnews.ca/news/3620192/north-korea-digging-up-bombs/ North Korea still digging up U.S. bombs 64 years after the war] *Expert Exposes Us Biological Warfare During Korean War (broken link) *[https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/oct/13/why-do-north-korean-defector-testimonies-so-often-fall-apart Why do North Korean defector testimonies so often fall apart?] *[https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-39170614 South Korea boosts reward for defectors from North to $860,000] *[https://libya360.wordpress.com/2017/04/17/president-kim-il-sungs-immortal-contributions-to-african-liberation/ President Kim Il Sung’s Immortal Contributions to African Liberation] *[https://www.nknews.org/2017/09/why-two-north-korean-defectors-want-to-go-back/ Why two North Korean defectors want to go back] *[https://www.nknews.org/2017/10/former-defector-back-in-north-korea-describes-painful-life-in-the-south/ Former defector back in North Korea describes ”painful” life in the South] *[https://anti-imperialism.org/2013/11/18/towards-a-concrete-analysis-of-the-dprk/ Towards a concrete analysis of the DPRK] *[https://greekreporter.com/2017/10/14/exclusive-the-greek-who-lived-in-north-korea-tells-her-story/ Exclusive: The Greek Who Lived in North Korea Tells Her Story] *[https://www.mintpressnews.com/north-korea-neither-trump-nor-western-media-wants-world-see/233355/ The North Korea Neither Trump Nor Western Media Wants the World to See] *[https://anticonquista.com/2017/10/27/why-latinx-must-defend-the-dprk/ Why Latinx Must Defend the DPRK] *[https://www.nknews.org/2017/11/xi-jinping-says-pyongyang-beijing-should-develop-sustainable-relations/ Xi Jinping says Pyongyang, Beijing should develop ”sustainable” relations] *[https://www.mltranslations.org/Russia/andreeva.htm Speech delivered by Nina Andreyeva at Kim Il Sung University in 1992 about the fall of the Soviet Union] *S. Koreans Opposed To War On N. Korea Banned From Entering US ([https://wordpress.redirectingat.com/?id=725X1342&isjs=1&jv=15.2.1-stackpath&sref=https%3A%2F%2Fdprkstudyguide.wordpress.com%2Fauthor%2Fdprkstudyguide%2F&url=http%3A%2F%2FS.%20Koreans%20Opposed%20To%20War%20On%20North%20Korea%20Banned%20From%20Entering%20US&xs=1&xtz=360&xuuid=8dc707d55ca31ab1a03ebbed442763ab&xcust=8982&cci=a2f0caed819e66924f2e2694b4ce1872 broken link]) *[https://www.38north.org/2017/11/bksilberstein111417/?utm_source=38+North+Bulletin+111417 Between Sanctions, Drought and Tensions: How Bad is North Korea’s Food Situation?] *[https://qz.com/1004330/north-korea-is-sitting-on-trillions-of-dollars-on-untapped-wealth-and-its-neighbors-want-a-piece-of-it/ North Korea is sitting on $6 trillion-$10 trillion of untapped minerals] *[https://medium.com/@bcloud__/north-korea-in-the-eyes-of-turkey-s-socialist-s-c673510e64db North Korea in the eyes of Turkey’s Socialists] *[https://jucheireland.wordpress.com/2011/07/08/kim-il-sung-and-salvador-allende/ Kim Il Sung and Salvador Allende] *[http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20171120000740 NK envoy: We want peace but ready for war with US] *[https://www.rt.com/news/410698-cuba-north-korea-coercive-us/ Cuba, N. Korea unite in rejecting ‘unilateral & arbitrary’ US pressure] *[https://www.vice.com/en/article/ywnnyv/north-koreas-bitcoin-crash-course-has-experts-worried North Korea’s bitcoin crash course has experts worried] *[https://www.globalresearch.ca/the-social-and-economic-achievements-of-north-korea/5594234 The Social and Economic Achievements of North Korea] *[https://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-12-15/north-korean-defectors-returning-to-the-hermit-kingdom/9254654 After fleeing North Korea, some defectors want to go back to life under Kim Jong-un] *[https://mg.co.za/article/2017-12-14-coach-enjoys-the-suite-life-in-pyongyang/ Interview with the Norwegian coach of the DPRK men’s football team who lives in Pyongyang] *[http://www.lalkar.org/article/2776/the-present-situation-in-the-dprk The Present Situation in the DPRK] *[https://prolefoods.wordpress.com/2017/12/12/the-hypocrisy-of-western-aggression-against-korea-from-truman-to-trump/ The Hypocrisy of Western Aggression Against Korea: from Truman to Trump] *[https://theintercept.com/2015/10/26/pentagon-missionary-spies-christian-ngo-front-for-north-korea-espionage/ U.S. Military Used Christian NGO as Front for North Korea Espionage] *[https://www.rt.com/news/416572-north-korea-executed-kim-return/ Zombie Nation? ‘Executed’ North Koreans return to life] *[https://www.sbs.com.au/news/north-korean-defector-confesses-to-murder-report/ea2a2c62-8b18-4f76-9bb8-49be15d8a000 North Korean defector confesses to murder] *The Olympics Has Exposed Every US Lie About North Korea ([http://www.eurasiafuture.com/2018/01/21/olympics-exposed-every-us-lie-north-korea/ broken link]) *[https://www.newsweek.com/north-korea-white-paper-trump-racist-billionaires-club-796881 North Korea Calls Trump Administration Racist Billionaires’ Club] **Full paper on which this article is based here: White Paper on the Human Rights Violations in the US in 2017 ([http://naenara.com.kp/en/news/news-viewer.php?0+103474 broken link]) *[https://sana.sy/en/?p=132377 Syria and DPRK: An excellent example of strong bilateral cooperation] *North Korean Special Forces in Syria; A Look at Pyongyang’s Assistance to Damascus’ Counterinsurgency Operations ([https://militarywatchmagazine.com/read.php?my_data=70673 broken link]) *[https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/nation/2018/03/281_246214.html Jeju Island marks 70th anniversary of 1948 massacres] *Kim Jong Un’s speech during his visit to China in March 2018 ([https://kcnawatch.org/newstream/1522245645-835046775/kim-jong-uns-speech-at-banquet/ broken link]) *[http://chinaplus.cri.cn/news/politics/11/20180508/128253.html Xi Jinping, Kim Jong Un hold talks in Dalian] *[https://au.news.yahoo.com/seoul-tricked-n-korea-waitresses-defecting-manager-080159062--spt.html Twelve north Korean waitresses kidnapped in operation by south Korean spy agency] *[https://leftistcritic.wordpress.com/2018/05/15/comrades-in-arms-the-drpk-and-venezuelas-bolivarian-revolution/ Comrades-in-arms: The DPRK and Venezuela’s Bolivarian Revolution] *[https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/article/article.aspx?aid=3048193 Pyongyang officials go to study China reforms] *[https://www.mintpressnews.com/dermot-hudson-north-korea-motives-negotiating/242048/ Dermot Hudson on North Korea’s Motives and Likely Moves in Negotiations] *[https://leftistcritic.wordpress.com/2018/05/22/advancing-the-cause-of-socialism-the-dprk-and-the-cuban-revolution/ ”Advancing the cause of socialism”: The DPRK and the Cuban Revolution] *[https://cym.ie/2018/05/28/a-conversation-with-a-north-korean-citizen/ A Conversation with a North Korean citizen] *[https://leftistcritic.wordpress.com/2018/06/01/standing-against-zionism-the-dprks-support-for-palestinian-liberation/ Standing against Zionism: the DPRK’s support for Palestinian Liberation] *[https://leftistcritic.wordpress.com/2018/06/05/the-same-trench-of-the-anti-imperialist-struggle-dprks-solidarity-with-syria/ The ”same trench of the anti-imperialist struggle”: DPRK’s solidarity with Syria] *[http://chinaplus.cri.cn/news/world/10/20180727/163087.html Kim Jong Un pays tribute to martyrs of Chinese People’s Volunteers] *[https://www.rt.com/news/434777-north-koreans-japan-diaspora/ ‘We can’t use Korean names’: Japan’s large pro-Pyongyang diaspora lives amid suspicion & isolation] *[https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2018/10/46a852b7c627-n-koreas-economy-grows-37-in-2017-professor.html North Korea’s economy grows 3.7% in 2017: professor] *[https://militarywatchmagazine.com/article/cuban-military-modernisation-underway-with-full-russian-and-north-korean-support Cuban Military Modernisation Underway – With Full Russian and North Korean Support] ==Documentaries== *[https://youtu.be/nSd48emp0lI My Brothers and Sisters in the North] - Best documentary on the DPRK I have seen from a non-DPRK source, depicting everyday life of the working class in the DPRK, including soldiers, water park workers, students, teachers, football coaches, painters, textile workers and farmers *The Propaganda Game (also available on Netflix) - Good introductory documentary that shatters some of the most blatant imperialist propaganda. Still has to be viewed critically, as the Western ‘experts’ in it make their living from being dishonest. *[https://youtu.be/2BO83Ig-E8E The Haircut] *Best political commentators of this moment, check out their other videos as well. *[https://youtu.be/OyFH19nm2e4 The West Through the Eyes of North Korea] *[https://youtu.be/ztcLh-cTJfs The Happiest People on Earth] *Crossing The Line *[https://youtu.be/sDTPhT8mZ9o They Choose China] *[https://youtu.be/e1-2dju0cNM My Socialist Country] *[https://youtu.be/ucOf013G4QE Korea: The Imposed Divide] *[https://youtu.be/NTi5Ma1F7zM An African-American’s Journal Inside North Korea] - Short documentary on the DPRK made by journalist Andre Vltchek *[https://youtu.be/6YtTd31I15g Homegrown Outcasts: North Koreans in Japan] *[https://youtu.be/ktE_3PrJZO0 Loyal Citizens of Pyongyang in Seoul] ==Videos== *[https://youtu.be/kztC4kIj1AM Living in North Korea]: Greek woman who lived in the DPRK for two years *North Korean Propaganda: A Cavalcade of Comedy ([https://wordpress.redirectingat.com/?id=725X1342&isjs=1&jv=15.2.1-stackpath&sref=https%3A%2F%2Fdprkstudyguide.wordpress.com%2Fauthor%2Fdprkstudyguide%2F&url=http%3A%2F%2FNorth%20Korean%20Propaganda%3A%20A%20Cavalcade%20of%20Comedy&xs=1&xtz=360&xuuid=8dc707d55ca31ab1a03ebbed442763ab&xcust=8982&cci=cae979da5231c9bc90bdd79e584de558 broken link]) *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7f22QGIWXGw The propaganda war against North Korea] *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLw1v-xQA7I Eid Al-Fitr in North Korea | Muslim in North Korea] *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cO4M1U_2bmk Surfing in North Korea] *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfk0mPADJXY North Korean Smartphone] *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XkegD7V9E6g Why do North Korean defectors keep changing their stories?] *Press TV in the DPRK: videos on various subjects *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKPtMQaRVak Mr. Kim from the DPRK embassy in London gives a speech on the 100th anniversary of the October Revolution] *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e41cmw-GUko Sons of US defector to North Korea James Dresnok speak out after father’s death] *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tR5hjJzyN1Y Eva Bartlett speaks on North Korea & Syria] *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnzBEbuZPIw Women’s Status in the DPRK] ==Websites== *[https://kcnawatch.co/ KCNA Watch] - DPRK news articles directly translated to English. DPRK media are generally far more truthful than Western media, see for instance [https://kcnawatch.co/newstream/1489962702-463610874/u-s-anti-terrorism-war-denounced-by-kcna/ this] article on the US war on terror or [https://kcnawatch.co/newstream/1497952844-884200563/u-s-western-countries-are-to-blame-for-worlds-biggest-refugee-crisis-dprk-human-rights-institute/ this] one on how the West caused the world’s biggest refugee crisis. *[http://www.rodong.rep.kp/en/ Rodong Sinmun] - More news, official DPRK site. *[http://www.pyongyangtimes.com.kp/ The Pyongyang Times] - More news, official DPRK site. *[http://www.naenara.com.kp/en/ Naenara] - More news, official DPRK site. *[http://www.exploredprk.com/ Explore DPRK] *[https://dprkarchive.imgur.com/ Big archive of around 500 works of art from the DPRK] *[http://www.worldlifeexpectancy.com/cause-of-death/malnutrition/by-country/ World malnutrition death rates, with the DPRK ranked #95] *[http://www.pyongyanginternationalfilmfestival.com/ Pyongyang International Film Festival] *[http://tourismdprk.gov.kp/ Official DPRK Tourism Site] *[https://koreaisone.wordpress.com/ International Network for the Defence of Socialist Korea] ==System== *[https://i.imgur.com/Jm075Ij.jpg Governmental structure] *[https://www.pdf-archive.com/2017/05/27/constitution-of-the-dprk/ Constitution of the DPRK] *[https://leftistcritic.wordpress.com/2017/03/08/elections-in-the-socialist-motherland-democracy-in-the-dprk/ Elections in the socialist motherland: democracy in the DPRK] *[https://vngiapaganda.wordpress.com/2015/09/05/democracy-us-vs-dprk-towards-the-annihilation-of-a-narrative/ Democracy: US vs DPRK – Towards Annihilation of a Narrative] *[https://return2source.wordpress.com/2012/01/17/korea-resilient-socialism-in-democratic-korea/ Korea Resilient! Socialism in Democratic Korea] *[http://writetorebel.com/2017/03/28/socialism-and-democracy-in-the-dprk/ Socialism and Democracy in the DPRK] *[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1yjDhZ61NfOxqHYAlGDGKYxCRp5jpcRoL/view?fbclid=IwAR1tx_JQ7gUzKHypE7nCF0WYV9yVaFlo3_bjM2-1osHkGPUsVcYH0mUUZQo Understanding the Workers’ Party of Korea] ==Juche== *[http://www.korean-books.com.kp/en/ Official DPRK site with free books, periodicals, pictures, leaflets, etc.] - Greatest source there is for books about all kinds of DPRK related subjects. *[http://www.korea-dpr.com/e_library.html Korea DPR E-Library] - Large collection of Juche texts. *[https://www.marxists.org/archive/kim-il-sung/index.htm Kim Il Sung on Marxists.org] - Handful of Kim Il Sung texts. *[https://de.scribd.com/document/355145202/Kim-Jong-Un-Aphorisms-1 Kim Jong Un Aphorisms] *[http://www.korea-dpr.info/lib/106.pdf Kim Jong Il – Socialism is a Science] *[http://www.korean-books.com.kp/en/packages/xnps/download.pg.php?306 Kim Jong Il – On the Juche Idea] *[https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B8E-ucthI07ic19CbUxuVDRmSEU/view Juche Idea: Answer to Hundred Questions] *[https://allpowertothesoviets.wordpress.com/2017/11/05/kim-il-sung-the-october-revolution-koreas-independence-struggle/amp/ Kim Il Sung on his father Kim Hyong Jik, who was a leading figure in the national liberation movement and steered them towards Communism] *[https://jucheireland.wordpress.com/2017/02/26/on-having-a-correct-understanding-of-nationalism-kim-jong-il/ Kim Jong Il – On Having a Correct Understanding of Nationalism] *[https://ia800607.us.archive.org/31/items/ForTheIndependentPeacefulReunificationOfKorea/For%20the%20Independent%2C%20Peaceful%20Reunification%20of%20Korea.pdf Kim Il Sung – For the Independent, Peaceful Reunification of Korea] * [[Category:Reading lists]] [[Category:DPRK study guides]]
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