1893-1976
Eastern Europe
(372) documents
1912- 1994
East Asia
1941- 2011
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October 12, 1988
Poland's ambassador to the DPRK reports on the speculation over the successor to Kim Il Sung and how the Republic of Korea's normalization of relations with communist states is related to the relative ranks of Kim Pyong-Il and Kim Jong Il.
September 10, 1967
A Cultural Revolution-era newsletter from a group of Shanghai radicals denouncing North Korean leader Kim Il Sung.
November 11, 1980
A report on the new party rules of the Korean Worker's Party, which seems to replace Marxism-Leninism with the Juche ideology.
October 16, 1980
A report on the Korean Worker's Party's 6th Congress and on the celebration of the 35th anniversary of the foundation of the KWP to the Political Bureau, including the agenda of the congress.
November 1980
The Hungarian Embassy in Pyongyang reports on the Kim Il Sung cult of personality and the likelihood that Kim Jong Il will be appointed successor.
Introduction to the Juche ideology as formulated at the KWP’s 6th Congress
October 7, 1980
A report on the articles published in the North Korean press which show absolute support for Kim Il Sung.
September 10, 1980
A report on a conversation with Bang Jong-gap regarding Kim Jong Il and the deterioration of party relations between Hungary and North Korea.
December 15, 1955
Song Jin-hwa informs Petrov that he has officially been expelled from the KWP and has lost his position as editor of the journal “Novaya Koreya” [New Korea]. Song lists several reasons for his expulsion, and asks if as a Soviet citizen, he could be allowed to return to the USSR.
February 21, 1956
Pak tells Filatov that he does not fully agree with the KWP CC Presidium decision regarding Pak Chang-ok because the Presidium's failure to cite specific evidence. Pak Ui-wan says that he spoke well of Pak Chang-ok in a recent meeting with Kim Il Sung.