Workers'_Party_of_Korea_Publishing_House

Workers' Party of Korea Publishing House

Workers' Party of Korea Publishing House

Publisher in North Korea

The Workers' Party of Korea Publishing House (WPKPH,[2] Korean: 조선로동당출판사; MR: Chosŏn Nodongdang Ch'ulp'ansa) is the principal publishing house of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) and one of the two main publishers in the country. It publishes magazines and books on politics, such as the works of Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il, posters and works of fiction. The current director-general and editor-in-chief is Ri Yong-chol.

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Organization

The publishing house is under the control of the WPK's Propaganda and Agitation Department and is the party's most important publisher.[3][4] It was founded in October 1945 in Pyongyang,[4] where it is still based.[5] It is one of the two main publishers in North Korea, the other one being the Foreign Languages Publishing House.[6]

Directors

The current director-general and editor-in-chief is Ri Yong-chol.[7]

Publications

The publishing house publishes books on politics as well as fiction.[5] According to North Korean sources, they include:

the immortal masterpieces of the Great Leader [Kim Il Sung] and party documents in a number of different forms, educational materials on the revolutionary tradition, books on party policy, various educational materials for ideological education by the party, various lecture and propaganda materials, and various reference materials concerning the party work, and thus arms party officials, party members, and workers with the revolutionary thought of the Great Leader and the party policy based on it.[4]

This includes works of Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il in Korean,[11] including their selected (sŏnjip), collected (chŏjakchip) and complete works (chŏnjip).[12][13][14]

In addition to books, it publishes posters and the magazine Kulloja, the theoretical monthly of the party.[15][16] During the Cold War, it published works of the leader of communist Romania Nicolae Ceaușescu in return for Editura Politică publishing those of Kim Il Sung.[17]

Some multi-volume publications by the publishing house include:

See also

References

Citations

  1. [1]
    ISNI n.d.
  2. [2]
    Jong 2019.
  3. [3]
    North Korea Leadership Watch 2009, p. 2.
  4. [4]
    North Korea Handbook 2002, p. 424.
  5. [5]
    The Europa World Year 2004, p. 2484.
  6. [6]
    Shinn et al. 1969, p. 274.
  7. [7]
    Rodong Sinmun 2017.
  8. [8]
    Korea Today 1982, p. 74.
  9. [9]
    Summary of World Broadcasts 1995, p. D-5.
  10. [10]
    KCNA 2009.
  11. [11]
    Lee 2017, p. 35.
  12. [12]
    Lee 2001, p. 21n2.
  13. [13]
    Gause 2011, p. 211 n. 85.
  14. [14]
    Rodong Sinmun 2019b.
  15. [15]
    Rodong Sinmun 2019a.
  16. [16]
    North Korea Handbook 2002, p. 425.
  17. [17]
    North Korea Quarterly 1990, p. 17.
  18. [18]
    KCNA 2017a.
  19. [19]
    KCNA 2014b.
  20. [20]
    KCNA 2012b.
  21. [21]
    KCNA 2012c.
  22. [22]
    KCNA 2004.
  23. [23]
    KCNA 2012a.
  24. [24]
    KCNA 2017c.
  25. [25]
    KCNA 2017b.
  26. [26]
    Choe, Hyôn et al 1959.
  27. [27]
    KCNA 2014a.
  28. [28]
    KCNA 1998.

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