Juche

Juche (pronounced "Joo-cheh"), officially called the Juche Idea in English, also dubbed by westerners as Kimilsungism, is the official state ideology of the Korean Workers' Party ruling North Korea (officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea or DPRK). The name is Korean and means self-reliance. It states that the subject of the revolution should be the masses, not any foreign power. It further develops that the nation must rely on itself; in this sense self-reliance or autarky. Juche is based on the teachings of Kim Il-sung.

Related Topics:
Korean Workers' Party - North Korea - Korean - Autarky - Kim Il-sung

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Juche has been promoted by the North Korean government and educational system since the term was first used in a 1955 speech by Kim Il Sung. At first, the ideology consisted of two fundamental ideas: that the proletarian revolution belonged to the people, and that man is the master of the revolution. Critics say Juche is little more than an excuse to isolate the country from the rest of the world.

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North Korean government - Educational system - 1955 - Proletarian

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