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Thread for news and discussions of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, its material conditions, the status and health of its socialist tradition, disproving common myths about it, etc.
Archive of the previous DPRK thread:
https://leftypol.org/leftypol_archive/res/12395.htmldprkDPRK No.1767628
>>1767613Welcome the to western civilization
Reminds of the uncontacted tribes doc where the dude who leaves the tribe for the civilization gets married and cheated on in less than a week
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>>1767613lol shitlibs get fucked (literally!)
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>>1761862Didn't the DPRK start considering the ROK to be a foreign adversary? All this shows is that they waited for DPRK before recognizing the ROK.
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>>1465268>People voting for revolutionaries with a connection to the founding struggle of their nation doesn't make that country a "monarchy"Look, I want the DPRK to succeed, but this is just bullshit. No one "votes" for Kim to be the Leader of the Nation. That's not how democracy works there, not that there's anything better than bourgeois democracy there.
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>>1736207Raul still controls the PCC
No.1794436
>>1779902Why does every Marxist Leninists state have a shitty system of vote for lower representative who then votes for higher representative? Voting should be at all levels.
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>>1779902the dprk understander has logged on and he’s about to drop some hot knowledge he got from youtube videos
No.1801437
>>268992Is it true that DPRK was economically stronger than China before eastern bloc collapsed? Is the poverty we now see a symptom of this event?
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>>1794436it actually makes sense to me. It quickly devolve in a lib popularity contest if you vote for people you dont really have any idea what they actually do, cant talk to, and never worked with. When each level get voted on by their peers, its people they can be reasonably expected to actually know, and might even have worked with in some capacity.
you call it shitty because all you know is bourgeois democracy and somehow thats your gold standard despite its obvious failures.
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>>1794436hell if I know, might have something to do with how most parties started with either guerillas (worse option) or worker's councils (better option). There is also strong contestant in the fact that THEY WERE FUCKIN MODELED AFTER USSR.
No.1802015
>>1801551>THEY WERE FUCKIN MODELED AFTER USSR.This is problem because the USSR model was an adhoc solution to keep the country stable after the revolution. Worker councils (soviets) were disbanded due to counter-revolutionary activity.
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>>1756713>>1756756Bros do the nord koreans know something, all this seems like they smell blood in the water and are preparing for the opportunity
No.1802129
>>1465304the will of the korean proletariat
No.1802144
>>1802031Thry ripped down the unification arch thing too recently. Its certainly heatin up somewhat.
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>>1802142It may take time but eventually something pops. Sizzle gang cant win forever.
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>>1802015>Worker councils (soviets) were disbanded due to counter-revolutionary activity.That's revisionism. Councils were THE SOURCE OF POWER in USSR, it was literally in the constitution. SRs and trots were just butthurt over bolsheviks winning and have declared that councils were "disbanded" - ala "your councils aren't real councils because they don't vote for me"
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I am friends with the chairman of a Juche study group (I won't say which one because that would be a doxx) who also has already written articles at Rodong Sinmun (the WPK newspaper). He is going to visit Pyongyang soon, and will probably have more freedom to walk around than tourists and journalists.
Any questions /leftypol/ has for him? Any requests?
No.1809819
Just out of curiosity, without trying to sound disrespectful or ignorant:
1) is the agriculture of DPRK growing and being mechanized?
2) Is the country getting closer to develop more independence from external influences, like Russia and China, in the questions of manufactured goods and infraestrucure?
(I hope North Korea doesn't get so much dependent of foreign trade and international relations like Cuba rn)>>1809795 No.1809824
>>1809795 (me)
>>1809819Noted. There are no dumb questions with this, from what I've seen North Koreans talk quite openly about this.
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>>1809381I wonder if this is payback for the million artillery shells they sent.
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>>1809879So south Korea was the real surveillance state this whole time.
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>>1809879DAMN THESE COMMIES! THEY INVENTED THE SURVEILLANCE STATE
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>>1809856What mandatory military service to an imperialist force does to a mf.
That cook clearly doesn't want to be there. Looks sleep deprived too.
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>>1809879how horrible! what adult websites would these illegally aquired voyeur videos be found
No.1812352
>>1810597The first thing I saw in Worst Korea were airport staff that looked like zombies
No.1812547
How many years do we give South Korea
No.1812942
>>1812547Either
a. the US empire collapses
b. the international revolution is completed and the communal society and the abolition of the state is reached
Of course b implies a but vice-versa is not true. Until the US and the "international community" continue to exist, her colonies, such as South Korea and Israel, will continue to exist as well to protect her interests around the globe.
So I'll give another 100 years to South Korea
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>>1812946So this is full power of capitalism….
No.1819089
>>1809795Bump.
My boy is currently in Dongzhimen, China. Fight to Pyongyang goes in 11 hours. Last chance to ask or request something from him.
No.1819090
>>1819089Idk man, ask to him what is his personal opinion of DPRK.
How much do the people know of the outside world, i bet the people of north korea are extremely more smart then the average american.
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>>1819089Did he meet some less secretive North Koreans to tell us something of interest? Something we aren't able to see in cameras?
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>>1819089Not sure of the details but does anyone there think the South will try "reigniting" the Korean war since it technically didn't end. Either that or do they sense an increase in hostility from the South?
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>>1819089I don't have any questions but I'm interested in any insight.
No.1819128
>>1819089There might be some silly questions, but…
>do North Koreans want to travel abroad? Is there a place they would like to visit in particular?>what do they think about the people living in imperialist countries and their vassals? Like Americans, South Koreans and the Japanese?>would they like to be on better terms with these countries if they were to somehow stop being hostile to the DPRK?>what do they think about China and their relationship with China?>do they have any constructive criticism of the leadership of the WPK?>what are their thoughts about the future of the DPRK?>have North Koreans heard about the ludicrous propaganda stories the US made up about North Korea? >how is the food there? No.1819129
>>1819089I'm pretty interested in many things he prolly wont be able to answer, like the NK people view of their government and political processes, how their economy and development is doing, their press, their view on the western world, how easy it is to access general internet for random ppl, their view on the west, south korea and china, how developed is the countryside compared to the capital, labor laws and conditions (holidays, work safety, work hours, social services)
Im also curious to know about their smartphones and supposed internal internet
but Im guessing your guy isnt there for an indepth analysis of north korean society. Any hint on those questions would still be appreciated.
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>>1819129He is in Korea right now, and I can chat with him on fbi.gov, Telegram, no problem whatsoever. However, he says you need to pay for internet access, although it is readily available, very few people can probably access it since it's one USD for ten minutes. That's quite hefty for the locals.
So far, he said as long as they trust you, and are not a tourist, they welcome lively political debates, actually. Most of the stuff he talked about with them was how shitty South Korea is, and he said they actually know quite a bit about how South Korea looks like. It would be no culture shock to them, but they don't envy them. He hasn't been "testing the waters" yet with regards to more heated topics.
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>>1827086What specifically did they say about South Korea ask for excruciating detail
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>>1819089>>1819089Axe him if pussy tight in koreo
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