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Communism: Back in Style?
Why the left is turning to the extreme in the wake of Brexit and Trump In poor rural areas many Russians yearn for a return to communism Is communism coming back? The Economist’s “The World In” site compares the current economic conditions found in the world right now and compares them to those conditions prevalent […]
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Chinese State-Sponsored Christianity? Wang Zuoan Says PRC Aims to Develop Chinese Christian Theology
The growth of Christianity in the People’s Republic of China has prompted the Chinese Communist Party to consider developing an indigenous, Chinese Christian philosophy that incorporates Christian tenets with Chinese culture and CCP political goals such as the construction of state socialism according to senior official for religious affairs Wang Zuoan, who spoke at a […]
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Documentary
The Turkmenbashi Cult of Personality in Turkmenistan
With a personality cult to rival that of Kim Jong-un’s in North Korea, Turkmenistan’s Turkmenbashi has built a comprehensive system of secular adulation centered on his life and his teachings as embodied in his various proclamations, speeches, and writings, most famous among which is the Ruhnama. Having elevated himself to the position of secular god […]
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Indie Video Games
Papers, Please: East German Style Immigration Bureaucrat Simulator
Have you ever wondered what life was like for an East German immigration official working at Checkpoint Charlie in divided Berlin? Well, wonder no more. “Papers, Please” is a game that sets out to simulate something you never thought you wanted to do in the first place – live the life of a Stalinist regime […]
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The Rise of China
The rise of the People’s Republic of China has caused the largest geopolitical shift since the emergence of the United States as a world power following World War II. What can the world expect from a prominent and powerful China and how will Chinese power influence the direction of world economic and political development? Less […]
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Portraits of Marx and Lenin Removed from Kim Il-Sung Square in Pyongyang
The once dominant portraits of Marx and Lenin that were featured alongside a portrait of Eternal President Kim Il-Sung in Kim Il-sung Square (김일성광장) were removed in October 2012 and have not been replaced. The pictures feature prominently in North Korean military parades and were visible ties to its Soviet-satellite past. North Korea […]
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Kim Jong-il on Display at the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun in Pyongyang, North Korea
- January 24, 2013
- Asia
- Communism
- Communist
- communist traditions
- Dear Leader
- Democratic People's Republic of Korea
- DPRK
- East Asia
- embalmed
- Eternal President
- Kim Il-sung
- Kim Jong-il
- Korea
- Kumsusan
- Kumsusan Palace
- Lenin
- Mao
- Marxism
- Marxist
- North Korea
- philosopher
- preservation
- Pyongyang
- Soviet Union
- Tiananmen Square
In line with a communist tradition established after the death of Vladimir Lenin, founder of the Soviet Union and influential Marxist philosopher, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea will place Dear Leader Kim Jong-il’s embalmed figure on display alongside that of his father, Eternal President Kim Il-sung. It is unknown if the Kumsusan Palace […]
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Movement of New Generation of North Korean Missiles Concerns Analysts
- January 18, 2013
- 2016
- Alliance
- AN TYP-2
- Asia
- Communism
- Dictatorship
- DPRK
- East Asia
- ICBM
- Intercontinental Ballistic Missile
- Kim Jong-il
- Kim Jong-Un
- KN-08 Missile
- Korea
- missile defense
- North Korea
- nuclear proliferation
- Reform
- Republic of Korea
- ROK
- Sanctions
- Socialism
- South Korea
- Treaties
- UN
- Unha
- United Nations
- United States
- US
- US Foreign Policy
- US Japan Alliance
- USA
- X-Band Radar
American intelligence agencies discovered North Korea (DPRK) is currently in the process of transferring many mobile missile launching pads to different locations across the country, many of which are capable of launching a new generation of mobile missile, the North Korean KN–08. The reports suggest that North Korea’s missile capabilities are advancing at a more rapid pace […]
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Department Store Shopping in North Korea: Propaganda Video Gives Viewers a Glimpse of the High Life in the DPRK Capital Pyongyang (평양)
- January 17, 2013
- Asia
- China
- Chosŏn Rodongdang
- commerce
- Communism
- Consumerism
- cult of Kim
- Department Store
- DPRK
- DPRK propaganda
- East Asia
- Economics
- Kim Family
- Korea
- Korean War
- Korean Workers' Party
- KWP
- North Korea
- People's Republic of China
- PRC
- Propaganda video
- Pyongyang
- shopping
- showcase capital
- SOE
- Soviet propaganda
- state owned enterprise
- 조선로동당
- 조선민주주의인민공화국
Stories about North Korea often focus on the hardships endured by its people. Whether it is from famine or persecution, deprivation or political oppression, rarely does a bright light shine out of North Korea. This is perhaps because what few bright lights there are in North Korea mainly glow in Pyongyang (평양), where it seems most, if any, perks to […]
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