• Opinion Paper
  • January 21, 2025
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Kurbanov S. O. Essays on the history of North Korea: Chronicles 2000-2022. St. Petersburg: St. Petersburg University Press, 2023. 416 p.: Book review

Abstract

The peer-reviewed publication introduces the reader to the main events in the life of the DPRK at the beginning of the 21st century. Based on the information provided by the author, the reader has the opportunity to get an idea of the official position of the DPRK leadership on various issues of the country’s public life and its evolution and transformation. The author pays special attention to the analysis of the factors of the development of public life that contributed to the changes in the DPRK.

Author information

Alexander Evgenievich Smirnitsky

PhD

Nizhny Novgorod Academy of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia

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Publication history

  • Received: December 13, 2024.
  • Published: January 21, 2025.

Keywords

  • история КНДР в XXI веке
  • идеология «чучхе»
  • политика «сонгун»
  • Трудовая партия Кореи
  • модернизация КНДР
  • history of the DPRK in the 21st century
  • Juche ideology
  • Songun policy
  • The Workers’ Party of Korea
  • modernization of the DPRK

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