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Understanding North Korean Culture (2019-1)
The point of the course is to provide students with an introduction to North Korea's political culture: its history, goals, methods and...
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  • English
  • 14week
  • 1week/4hour
  • Not Certificate

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The course begins with a historical survey before examining in turn the personality cults of Kim Il Sung, Kim Jong Il and Kim Jong Un, and the challenges posed to the official culture by the influx of Western and South Korean culture.

Syllabus

Week Time
1 1주차 The history of propaganda
History of propaganda
2 2주차 NK Cultural History 1910-49
NK Cultural History 1950-66
3 3주차 NK Cultural History 1967-72
NK Cultural History 1973-94
4 4주차 NK Cultural History 1994-2011
NK Cultural History 2011 to the present (2015)
5 5주차 The Mother Homeland
The Child Race
6 6주차 The Kim Il Sung Cult 1
The Kim Il Sung Cult 2
7 7주차 The Kim Jong Il Cult 1
The Kim Jong Il Cult 2
8 9주차 Anti-US, anti-ROK Propaganda
Countering the Influence of "bad" culture
9 10주차 The Cult of Kim Jong Un 1
The Cult of Kim Jong Un 2
10 11주차 Propaganda for the World
Propaganda for South Korea
11 12주차 Competing with "bad" culture
The Strong and Prosperous Country Campaign
12 13주차 NK culture today (2015)
The outlook for NK culture
13 14주차 Post-unification cultural integration
Conclusion
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Professor

Brian Myers
Dongseo University

Researcher of North Korean propaganda and ideology; author of three books on North Korea; director of the DIS at Dongseo University

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