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This is really intriguing. I had no idea what this post was referencing, so I tried looking up the titles of these books to find information. From searching, I figured out that they're books published in DPRK.
So I started searching to see if there were any available books from the DPRK (revolutionary or not) in the US. I can't find anything, only books ABOUT the DPRK.
Is there somewhere to find books that are from DPRK available worldwide, or are they at all attainable? I love to read and think it would be valuable insight.
Edit: So, I found Propaganda World, which has a lot of stuff from NK for sale, but for some reason I don't really trust the site.
https://www.phaidon.com/store/design/printed-in-north-korea-the-art-of-everyday-life-in-the-dprk-9780714879239/
Wasnt made in NK but the author collected this work from visiting it and is in regular contact with the artists + has tried to showcase there work outside of NK.
Awesome, thank you!
I'm hoping, honestly, for some revolutionary stuff I would love to hear from a Korean revolutionary, or Korean revolutionary thought.
Do you know why it is that this stuff is essentially unavailable? Has NK forbade literature from leaving the country, or is this an issue in the US/Western countries?
The issue the author ran into isnt that NK doesnt allow lit/art to leave the country; in fact they really want that to happen! Art is one of North Korea's biggest exports, they are the biggest supplier of statues in the world and have some stunning works on display in Africa.
Its that everytime a collector like this tries to showcase work, make profit off of reselling NK artists art and such, it gets censored or closed down by western govermnets due to 'human rights concerns'
That's really interesting. I know next to nothing about the DPRK, much less their art/literature/thought/etc.
Thanks for the insight, now I have a new rabbit hole to go down.
An example of what they export.
Holy shit. That's fucking impressive
Thanks for sharing. Today has been a bit eye opening for me. I've read a lot of theory, and am an anarcho-syndicalist, but I know next to nothing about the Korean Revolution. I have a lot of reading to do.
Thanks, comrade.
You might be interested in this: https://archive.org/details/my-life-and-faith-eng/
Memoirs of a Korean who grew up under Japanese occupation, got radicalized as a young teen and became a revolutionary, lived in the newly formed DPRK, then became a war correspondent, later got captured and spent 40 years being tortured in south Korean prison, and was eventually released and he returned to DPRK. It's his memoir but it also serves as an overview of recent Korean history starting from the Japanese occupation period.
Awesome! Thank you!