North Korean Economics

### **North Korean Economy**

* https://workerssolidarity.org/p/book/%EB%B6%81%ED%95%9C-%EA%B5%AD%EA%B0%80%EC%9E%90%EB%B3%B8%EC%A3%BC%EC%9D%98%EC%9D%98-%ED%98%95%EC%84%B1%EA%B3%BC-%EC%9C%84%EA%B8%B0-%EB%A7%88%EB%A5%B4%ED%81%AC%EC%8A%A4%EC%A3%BC%EC%9D%98%EC%A0%81 [KO] (Trotskyist, affiliate of IST)

* https://workerssolidarity.org/p/book/%EA%B0%9C%EC%A0%95%EC%A6%9D%EB%B3%B4%ED%8C%90%EB%B6%81%ED%95%9C%EC%9D%80-%EC%96%B4%EB%96%A4-%EC%82%AC%ED%9A%8C%EC%9D%B8%EA%B0%80-%E2%80%95-%EB%B6%81%ED%95%9C-%EC%B2%B4%EC%A0%9C%EC%97%90-%EB%8C%80 [KO] (Trotskyist, affiliate of IST)
* https://workerssolidarity.org/p/12997 [KO] (Trotskyist, affiliate of IST)
* https://stu.workerssolidarity.org/a/5005 [KO] (Trotskyist, affiliate of IST)
* “North Korea: development of national capitalism” by Materiales https://libcom.org/library/north-korea-development-national-capitalism
* “North Korea: Capitalism in a Mao Suit” by Michael Schauerte https://www.worldsocialism.org/spgb/socialist-standard/2010s/2017/no-1359-november-2017/north-korea-capitalism-mao-suit/ (classical Marxism, Impossibilism)
* "The Constitution of North Korea: Its Changesand Implications" by Dae-Kyu Yoon https://ir.lawnet.fordham.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=https://www.google.com.ph/&httpsredir=1&article=1934&context=ilj&sei-redir=1
* “North-Korea: Socialism is Not Only Anti-Imperialism” http://www.pcr-rcp.ca/en/archives/1596 [EN] (Maoist critique)
* “Abductions of Japanese Citizens by North Korea” by Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan https://www.mofa.go.jp/region/asia-paci/n\_korea/abduction/index.html (Japanese government)
* "The Markets:Private Economy and Capitalism in North Korea?" by Victor Cha and Lisa Collins https://beyondparallel.csis.org/markets-private-economy-capitalism-north-korea/ [EN]

### **News articles**

* “Q+A: Why Did North Korea changed its constitution?” by Jon Herskovitz https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSSEO325226 [EN]
* “‘The Cleanest Race” by B.R. Meyers https://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/28/books/excerpt-cleanest-race.html [EN] (archived: https://archive.vn/vj2rt, owned by the New York Times Company, white American man who wrote a book interpreting DPRK propaganda)
* "UK sourced PPE from factories secretly using North Korean slave labour" by Pete Pattisson, Ifang Bremer and Annie Kelly https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2020/nov/20/uk-sourced-ppe-from-factories-secretly-using-north-korean-slave-labour [EN] (owned by Scott Trust Limited)

### **Blog posts**

* “DPRK has quietly amended its constitution” by Lenoid Petrov https://leonidpetrov.wordpress.com/2009/10/12/dprk-has-quietly-amended-its-constitution/ [EN]

### **Books**

* “A Capitalist in North Korea: My Seven Years in the Hermit Kingdom” by Felix Abt https://libgen.is/book/index.php?md5=785DAF8F589157DC79F09D7887F560AD [PDF, 17MB, EN]

### **Films and TV series**

* “Pulgasari (1985) North Korean Giant Monster film with english subtitle (FULL MOVIE)” directed by Shin Sang-ok and Chong Gon Jo and uploaded by SkyMarshalDienes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCKSR0JArUQ [1:35:13, EN SUB, KO] (director abducted from ROK)

### **Videos**

* “On Juche: Theory and Practice” uploaded by Black Red Guard https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOo5IHD9VVs [10:13, EN] (New Afrikan Maoist critique)
* “Interpreting North Korea's Godzilla: Pulgasari | Video Essay” uploaded by Accented Cinema https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmiCzc56EZE [11:57, EN SUB, IT SUB, ZH SUB, EN] (Chinese filmmaker with Canadian citizenship)
* "Synthetic Socialism and the North Korean Problem" by Premier Liles https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=by7XNe2xjaA [11:02, EN] (Maoist)

### **Notes**

* Kim Yong-ju, studied Marxist literature in Soviet Union, opposed Juche before having his allies purged by Kim Il-sung and was demoted to vice-premier
* North Korea removed all references to “communism” from its constitution in 2009
* Juche and “Military-First” (Songun) build on Japanese imperialist fascist rhetoric and ideology
* Juche is not Marxist or Marxist-Leninist: “Even the communist classics Marx Engels Lenin and Stalin were removed from libraries and their uncensored works remain inaccessible to the North Korean public” Google Books: Change and Continuity in North Korean Politics (p. 89)
* References to “Marxism-Leninism” were removed from the constitution in 1992 (Yoon, pg 12)
* B.R. Myers is controversial because he's a white liberal who studies DPRK from outside the country by observing state propaganda projected into the outside world. In general, white folks studying East Asia cultures and politics is seen as orientalism (see Edward W. Said's book). Critiques of Myers's American chauvinism present in past and current works as well as western paternalism can easily be found online.
* The main thesis of B.R. Myers's book is DPRK has abandoned Marxism and can no longer be considered as Marxist-Leninist nor Stalinist, and instead the state resembles more reactionary currents. Many folks, including Felix Abt (whose own book included on this page for download through LibGen), criticize Myers for taking propaganda too literally and critics insist citizens inside DPRK don't believe in the state's propaganda.
* Anti-fascist researchers, on the other hand, notice European neo-Nazis and other white supremacist groups love DPRK propaganda and neo-fascists idealize North Korea to model white ethno-states after— hence why some anti-fascist and anti-extremism researchers use Myers's book to understand why white supremacists have an affinity for the DPRK. Being drawn to other nation-states is not unusual for anti-government reactionaries after WW2 (eg. William Pierce, white supremacist author of "Turner Diaries", idolizing the Soviet Union). See "Red-brown alliances in 20th century", "Red-Brown alliances, post-Cold War", "Green-brown alliances" and "Anti-government reactionaries" for more on these strange convergences. There's a lot to be said about how anti-extremism research led by conservatives and liberals differ from anti-fascist research led by leftists.