Kulloja

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Kulloja

North Korean monthly political magazine

Kulloja (Korean: 근로자; MR: Kŭlloja; lit. Worker; [kɯːlod͡ʑa]) is a political magazine published in North Korea. Launched in 1946 it is published monthly and is an official publication of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea.

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History and profile

Kulloja was first published on 25 October 1946 in Soviet Korea.[1] It is published on a monthly basis.[1][2] The magazine is an official organ of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea,[2][3] and covers articles on political science.[4]

Major contributors of Kulloja have included: Kim Chol and Ryom Kyong-yun.[5] North Korean human rights experts also published articles in the magazine, including Kim Chang-ryul, Ahn Myung-hyuk and Kim Young-guk.[6]

Editors-in-chief

  • Tae Song-su (October 1946 – November 1947)
  • Pak Chang-ok (November 1947 – March 1948)
  • Ki Sok-bok (March 1948 – 1950)

See also

References

  1. [1]
    North Korea Handbook. Armonk, NY; London: M.E. Sharpe. 2002. p. 929. ISBN 978-0-7656-3523-5.
  2. [2]
    The Europa World Year: Kazakhstan - Zimbabwe. Vol. 2. London; New York: Europa Publications. 2004. p. 2483. ISBN 978-1-85743-255-8.
  3. [3]
    Hyungsub Choi (2004). "Rationalizing the Guerilla State: North Korean Factory Management Reform, 1953–61". History and Technology. 20 (1): 67. doi:10.1080/0734151042000202054. S2CID 154503263.
  4. [4]
    Wha-In Kim (2007). The Media-government Relations: Comparative Analysis of the United States, South Korea and North Korea's Media Coverage of Foreign Policy (PhD thesis). Rutgers University. p. 23. ISBN 978-1-109-05643-3. OCLC 429412646.
  5. [5]
    Song Jiyoung (2010). "The Right to Survival in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea". European Journal of East Asian Studies. 9 (1): 87–117. doi:10.1163/156805810X517689. S2CID 143997202.
  6. [6]
    Robert Weatherley; Song Jiyoung (2008). "The Evolution of Human Rights Thinking in North Korea". Journal of Communist Studies and Transition Politics. 24 (2): 273–274. doi:10.1080/13523270802003111. S2CID 143231124.
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