Memory as propaganda: The molding of official memory of the Korean War and its employment in the DPRK from 1953 to 1958.
Published: 2007
Language: eng
Number of pages: 74
ISBN-13: 9780494273104
Description: The government of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) sought to push forward socialism in the DPRK to rehabilitate the country after the Korean War. During the period of socialist construction, the DPRK government produced memories of the Korean War through Nodong sinmun, a daily newspaper of the Korean Workers' Party. The memories produced were that, first, the Korean War was a victorious holy defensive war for the independence and freedom of the nation. Secondly, the war was seen to be an anti-capitalist war against America---deemed the biggest capitalist threat of the time. Once memories of the war were produced, the DPRK government employed them to unite its citizens and to mobilize them to the socialist construction.
Notes: Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 45-06, page: 2906.

Thesis (M.A.)--University of Toronto, 2007.

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