Democratic People’s Republic of Korea reading guide This document exists as a g

Democratic People’s Republic of Korea reading guide This document exists as a guide to help people learn more about the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. This document will be updated with new information as time goes on. Prepared by Comrade J - message me at ​my page​ with feedback, content or articles to be included, constructive criticism etc. Dedicated to my friends and comrades in ​Proletarians for full Communism My 130+ page Anti-Communist Myths Debunked doc https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Gxwhh-vdeB--47HM-20cEVRC9eAMhr apbNf0Sk8VSOs/edit?usp=sharing Timeline of Events in Korea since 1897 with many sources and reading lists [WIP] Understanding the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea The Korean War Aggression towards the People’s Republic and building the case for war DPR Korea wants peace History of the DPRK The nuclear weapons program General Writings of Kim Il-Sung, Kim Jong-Il, Kim Jong-Un DPRK international relations etc. General RoK-DPRK-China-Russia relations (including peace process news) The Propaganda War Human Rights Debunking the dominant narrative Assorted Anti-DPRK propaganda Eyewitness accounts and travel logs Life inside Korea Defectors The food situation in DPRK The Food Situation In North Korea (and other dprk myths) The Economy Sanctions Is the DPRK on the verge of collapse? 1 DPRK Society Korean democracy DPRK healthcare, education etc. Juche Is DPR Korea socialist? What is life like in South Korea? Recommended books DPRK related films Understanding the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea 2 The Korean War ● Why they hate us https://jacobinmag.com/2017/11/korean-war-united-states-nuclear-weapons ● The invasion of North Korea: an extract from ​Churchill and the Bomb​ by Ernie Trory. http://www.newworker.org/ncptrory/nkorea.htm ● How South Korea started the Korean War https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hX2r-m4qLZA&t=1s ● South Korea started the Korean war with US and UK help - British Foreign Policy since 1870, by Will Podmore Google books link to section on Korean War ● The Origins of the Korean War: an interpretation from the Soviet archives - Evgueni Bajanov http://www.alternativeinsight.com/Korean_War.html ● What war with North Korea looked like in the 1950s and why it matters now http://www.newsweek.com/us-forget-korean-war-led-crisis-north-592630 ● Americans have forgotten what we did to North Korea - Vox https://www.vox.com/2015/8/3/9089913/north-korea-us-war-crime ● Crimes, Concealment and South Korea’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission https://web.archive.org/web/20081007071649/http://www.japanfocus.org/_______Khiem___Kim_Sung_soo- Crimes__Concealment_and_South_Korea___s_Truth_and_Reconciliation_Commission 3 ● People’s Armies: how small states under threat manage to maintain large military forces https://www.facebook.com/MilitaryWatch.Analysis/posts/1847834395536589 ● National liberation and the DPRK http://writetorebel.com/2017/03/29/national-liberation-and-the-dprk/ ● Review of book detailing US germ warfare in Korea https://shadowproof.com/2015/03/30/book-review-this-must-be-the-place-how-the-u-s-waged-germ-warfare-i n-korean-war-denied-it-ever-since/ ● A lost document from the Cold War: the International Scientific Commission report on bacterial warfare during the Korean War https://shadowproof.com/2015/01/25/a-lost-document-from-the-cold-war-the-international-scientific-commissi on-report-on-bacterial-warfare-during-the-korean-war/ ● CIA document suggests US lied about biological, chemical weapons use in the Korean War https://shadowproof.com/2013/12/10/cia-document-suggests-u-s-lied-about-biological-chemical-weapon-use- in-the-korean-war/ ● No Gun Ri massacre https://www.facebook.com/telesurenglish/videos/1079553265521408/?hc_location=ufi ● Expert exposes US biological warfare during Korean War https://www.telesurtv.net/english/opinion/Expert-Exposes-US-Biological-Warfare-During-Korean-War-201710 05-0006.html ● Suppressed report on 1952 US Korean War Anthrax attack https://valtinsblog.blogspot.co.uk/2017/04/revealed-suppressed-report-on-1952-us.html#.WelhWVWnGUk ● South Korea owns up to brutal past http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/south-korea-owns-up-to-brutal-past/2008/11/14/1226318928410.html?pa ge=fullpage#contentSwap1 ● Truth Commission reveals history of Korean War: U.S.-South Korea carried out massacres of civillians http://iacenter.org/korea/skorea070608/ ● America’s big lie about bioweapon crimes in Korea by Jeff. J Brown https://soundcloud.com/44-days/americas-big-lie-about-bioweapon-crimes-in-korea-tom-powell-on-china-risin g-radio-sinoland-170729 ● Letters written by James Cannon, National Secretary of the Trotskyite organisation SWP to president Truman and the US congress http://www.themilitant.com/2017/8117/811750.html ● Biological warfare in the Korean War: Allegations and Cover-up: Socialism and Democracy Vol 31, no. 1. http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/08854300.2016.1265859 ● Report of the International Scientific Commission For The Investigation of Facts Concerning Bacterial Warfare in Korea and China https://cryptome.org/2015/01/isc-biowar-kr-cn.pdf ● The Bombing of North Korea - death toll https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Bombing_of_North_Korea_1950-1953#Death_Toll 4 5 Aggression towards the People’s Republic and building the case for war 6 ● What the West’s missile strike on Syria means for North Korea http://militarywatchmagazine.com/read.php?my_data=70519 ● US and North Korea: nuclear threat returns http://www.revolutionarycommunist.org/americas/united-states/4985-uan021117 ● Empire Files: War with North Korea - propaganda vs reality (excellent video) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDJlNQlRbIA ● Media complicity increases the possibility of a new Korean war https://mronline.org/2017/12/05/media-complicity-increases-the-possibility-of-a-new-korean-war/ ● Imperialism’s drive to war in Korea https://redyouth.org/2017/04/21/imperialisms-drive-to-war-in-korea/ ● John McCain threatens North Korea with “extinction” http://www.mintpressnews.com/john-mccain-threatens-north-korea-with-extinction/231943/ ● What is the US military’s presence near North Korea? https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/aug/09/what-is-the-us-militarys-presence-in-south-east-asia ● Tillerson talks of pre-emptive strikes on NKorea citing weapons of mass destruction http://www.mintpressnews.com/tillerson-talks-of-pre-emptive-stikes-on-nkorea-citing-weapons-of-mass-destr uction/226009/ ● U.S. aggression heightens tensions in Korea as Park government overthrown https://www.liberationnews.org/u-s-aggression-heightens-tensions-in-korea-as-park-government-overthrown/ ● North Korea threatens ‘final doom’ after US deploys strategic bombers http://www.mintpressnews.com/north-korea-threatens-final-doom-after-us-deploys-strategic-bombers/227435 / ● Prelude to war: defend People’s Korea! https://anti-imperialism.org/2017/04/14/crisis-on-the-peninsula-defend-peoples-korea/ ● UN asserts link between North Korea and Syrian chemical weapons http://www.mintpressnews.com/un-asserts-link-north-korea-syria-chemical-weapons-program/231262/ ● When the piper pays you: following the dangerous tune of the South Korean regime https://anti-imperialism.org/2015/09/02/when-the-piper-pays-you-following-the-dangerous-tune-of-the-south-k orean-regime/ ● Reviewing the evidence of DPRK culpability for the Cheonan Warship incident https://www.globalresearch.ca/reviewing-the-evidence-of-dprk-culpability-for-the-cheonan-warship-incident/2 2133 ● War crimes investigation of North Korea ludicrous beyond words https://gowans.wordpress.com/2010/12/07/war-crimes-investigation-of-north-korea-ludicrous-beyond-words/ ● North Korea’s “Hate America Month?” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mu3nasgUk6A ● Pentagon leads over 300,000 troops in a rehersal for an invasion one week after the white house announces its considering military action against North Korea https://gowans.wordpress.com/2017/03/13/pentagon-leads-over-300000-troops-in-a-rehearsal-for-an-invasio n-one-week-after-the-white-house-announces-its-considering-military-action-against-north-korea/ ● Washington considers military action against North Korea to force regime change https://gowans.wordpress.com/2017/03/07/washingtons-considers-military-action-against-north-korea-to-forc e-regime-change/ ● Beating the drum for a ‘good’ nuclear war with North Korea http://www.mintpressnews.com/beating-the-drum-for-a-good-nuclear-war-with-north-korea/231710/ ● South Korea’s plan to assassinate Kim Jong-Un http://edition.cnn.com/2016/09/23/asia/south-korea-plan-to-assassinate-kim-jong-un/ ● Colin Powell says U.S. should destroy North Korean regime if it uses Nuclear Weapons https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7g_8mxaLvQ ● US and North Korea: nuclear threat returns http://revolutionarycommunist.org/americas/united-states/4985-uan021117 ● Pentagon: only ground invasion can destroy North Korean nuclear program https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/nov/05/pentagon-ground-invasion-north-korean-nuclear-program ● “Better a million dead Koreans” - Ex US army official https://www.telesurtv.net/english/news/Better-a-Million-Dead-North-Koreans-Ex-US-Army-Official-20170905- 0019.html 7 ● S. Korea launches “Decapitation Unit” against Kim Jong Un’s government https://www.rt.com/news/411802-south-korea-decapitation-unit/ ● December 20th 2017 - Trump’s national security adviser just said the US is ready to take North Korea’s nukes by force http://www.businessinsider.com/hr-mcmaster-us-trump-ready-to-take-north-korea-nuclear-weapons-by-force- 2017-12 ● Abby Martin discusses the DPRK (among other topics) https://revolutionaryleftradio.libsyn.com/needs-title DPR Korea wants peace ● North Korea calls on Trump to ‘scrap anachronistic hostile policy’ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/11/22/north-korea-calls-trump-scrap-anachronistic-hostile-policy/ ● North Korea offers peace treaty, end of nuclear tests http://m.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/jan/15/l-todd-wood-north-korea-offers-peace-treaty-end-nu/ ● DPRK launches new-year peace offensive http://www.cpgb-ml.org/index.php?secName=proletarian&subName=display&art=696 ● N Korea proposes talks on peace treaty with US https://www.nknews.org/2015/10/n-korea-proposes-talks-on-peace-treaty-with-u-s/ ● N Korea reiterates need for peace treaty with US https://www.nknews.org/2016/01/n-korea-reiterates-need-for-peace-treaty-with-u-s/ ● Taking the long view - why South Korea’s peace movement refuses to give up http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/41486-taking-the-long-view-why-south-korea-s-peace-movement-refuses- to-give-up ● North Korea foreign minister on what is needed for negotiations with US https://www.mintpressnews.com/north-korea-foreign-minister-on-what-is-needed-for-negotiations-with-us/ ● Mike Pompeo’s rant shows CIA more unreasonable than North Korea https://www.mintpressnews.com/mike-pompeos-rant-shows-cia-more-unreasonable-than-north-korea/23360 2/ ● Nobel Peace prize winner scorns North Korean peace offer https://gowans.wordpress.com/2010/01/12/nobel-peace-price-winner-scorns-north-korean-peace-offer/ History of the DPRK ● The destruction and reconstruction of North Korea 1950-1960 (excellent article) https://apjjf.org/-Charles-K.-Armstrong/3460/article.html ● Understanding North Korea https://gowans.wordpress.com/2007/03/03/understanding-north-korea/ ● The real reason Washington is worried about North Korea’s ICBM test https://gowans.wordpress.com/2017/07/05/the-real-reason-washington-is-worried-about-north-koreas-icbm-t est/ ● ‘The Interview’ in historical perspective: endless war against North Korea https://www.liberationnews.org/the-interview-in-historical-perspective-the-endless-war-against-north-korea/ ● Korea stands strong: Kim Jong-Il in context http://www.fightbacknews.org/2011/12/21/korea-stands-strong-kim-jong-il-context ● Towards a concrete analysis of the DPRK https://anti-imperialism.org/2013/11/18/towards-a-concrete-analysis-of-the-dprk/ ● The origins of the DPRK - from division to reunification https://stalinsmoustache.org/2015/06/30/the-origins-of-the-dprk-from-division-to-reunification/ ● Let’s talk about Korea: the dangerous tone of US media https://journal-neo.org/2016/05/03/let-s-talk-about-korea-the-dangerous-tone-of-us-media/ 8 US-North Korea relations: experts weigh in on future course https://www.globalresearch.ca/us-north-korea-relations-experts-weigh-in-on-future-course/5612102 ● Diplomacy by Dereliction: U.S. policy towards Korea is in disarray (2002) http://fpif.org/diplomacy_by_dereliction_us_policy_toward_korea_is_in_disarray/ ● The Korean Peninsula: On balloons and leaflets https://journal-neo.org/2014/11/16/rus-korejskij-poluostrov-o-vozdushny-h-sharikah-s-listovkami/ The nuclear weapons program ● Korea crisis: from 1994 to today - Liberation School http://liberationschool.org/06-10-20-korea-crisis-from-1994-until-to-html/ ● North Korea has nukes because they saw what the US did to Libya https://medium.com/@caityjohnstone/gabbard-north-korea-has-nukes-because-they-saw-what-the- us-did-to-libya-12eb352591a1 ● US-DPRK: The Second Phase of the Nuclear Crisis, or “Who Started What https://journal-neo.org/2017/11/26/us-dprk-the-second-phase-of-the-nuclear-crisis-or-who-started- what/ ● North Korea: “Sanity” at the brink - Michael Parenti http://michaelparenti.org/NorthKorea.html ● Why North Korea needs nukes - and how to end that http://www.moonofalabama.org/2017/04/the-reason-behind-north-koreas-nuclear-program-and-its-offer-to-en d-it.html ● Why the Koreans are not ‘MAD’ http://www.workers.org/2017/09/05/why-the-koreans-are-not-mad/ ● North Korea keeps saying it might give up its nuclear weapons - but most news outlets won’t tell you that https://mronline.org/2017/08/28/north-korea-keeps-saying-it-might-give-up-its-nuclear-weapons-but-most-ne ws-outlets-wont-tell-you-that/ ● The people’s bomb: on North Korean nuclearization https://anti-imperialism.org/2016/02/09/the-peoples-bomb-on-north-korean-nuclearization/ ● North Korea missile test a response to U.S. provocations, not the other way around https://www.liberationnews.org/north-korea-missile-test-a-response-to-u-s-provocations-not-the-other-way-ar ound/ ● This is what’s really behind North Korea’s nuclear provocations http://worldbeyondwar.org/%EF%BB%BF-whats-really-behind-north-koreas-nuclear-provocations/ ● Reality and hypocrisy: DPRK nuclear test condemned by nuclear powers https://journal-neo.org/2016/01/19/reality-and-hypocrisy-dprk-nuclear-test-condemned-by-nuclear-powers/ ● The courage to decide for peace: the threat of nuclear annihilation https://www.globalresearch.ca/the-courage-to-decide-for-peace-the-threat-of-nuclear-annihilation/5612590 ● North Korea won’t negotiate nuclear deal with ‘hostile’ US https://www.telesurtv.net/english/news/North-Korea-Wont-Negotiate-Nuclear-Deal-With-Hostile-US-2017082 2-0017.html ● Why North Korea needs nuclear weapons https://gowans.wordpress.com/2013/02/16/why-north-korea-needs-nuclear-weapons/ ● North Korea has learnt the brutal lessons of US regime change and will not disarm https://www.rt.com/op-edge/399474-north-korea-nuclear-us/ ● DPRK official explaining why it needs its nuclear weapons programme at the UN https://www.facebook.com/DankDPRKMemes/videos/474956852876104/ ● The new Hwasong-15 ICBM: a significant improvement that may be ready as early as 2018 http://www.38north.org/2017/11/melleman113017/ ● China moving towards accepting Nuclear armed Korea http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2017/12/05/2017120501014.html ● USA-DPRK: Torpedoing the outcome of the 2005 Joint Statement https://journal-neo.org/2017/12/11/usa-dprk-torpedoing-the-outcome-of-the-2005-joint-statement/ 9 General ● Interview with the DPRK Ambassdor to London, Yongho Thae, 2013 (Excellent) http://www.lalkar.org/article/2382/interview-understanding-and-defending-north-korea ● Why do North Koreans hold such respect towards their leaders? Cuba as an example https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npkeecCErQc ● CrossTalk: North Korea Saga https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-gjDtQ8OeY ● North Korea is sitting on a stockpile of minerals worth trillions http://uk.businessinsider.com/north-korea-stockpile-minerals-worth-trillions-2017-6?r=US&IR=T ● Largest known rare earth deposit discovered in North Korea http://www.mining.com/largest-known-rare-earth-deposit-discovered-in-north-korea-86139/ ● North Korea is a major opium producer, making it a prime target for the CIA http://www.mintpressnews.com/north-korea-major-opium-producer-making-prime-target-cia/227573/ ● DPRK Climate change agreement http://www4.unfccc.int/ndcregistry/PublishedDocuments/Democratic%20People%27s%20Republic%20of%2 0Korea%20First/DPRK-INDC%20by%202030.pdf ● DPRK commentary on US decision to pull uploads/s1/ dprk-reading-guide.pdf

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