Posts Tagged ‘Kim Il Sung Socialist Youth League’

Purges, Baekdu, and the Moranbong Band: Data Points around General Hyon

By | May 16, 2015

Using music as a medium, Adam Cathcart takes the field of debate regarding the alleged purge and execution of Hyon Yong-chol into the ultra-politicized realm of concert halls and power stations.

The North Korea Lobby, French Edition

By | March 12, 2012

As the Unhasu Orchestra prepares for its March 14 French debut, a few words about the communications and political environment surrounding North Korea in France seem apropos. — Editor Emmanuel Daniel, “Qui sont les lobbies nord-coréens en France [Who Lobbies for North Korea in France]?” Slate.fr, January 6, 2012 http://www.slate.fr/story/48375/coree-nord-france-juche  [Translated by Adam Cathcart.] Upon […]

“A Storm of Fire Ready to Engulf all Traitors”: The DPRK’s Recent Mass Youth Rallies

By | March 11, 2012

“A Storm of Fire Ready to Engulf all Traitors”: The Recent DPRK Mass Youth Rallies by David Matthew Rallies covered the entire length of North Korea during the first week of March, with people from all backgrounds calling for “holy war” against South Korea and its prime minister, Lee Myung-bak. These events were set off […]