Search | Wilson Center Digital Archive

Switch to Visualization

Korea (North)--Economic conditions Clear All

Related Resources

Pyongyang photographed in March 20212

East Asia

North Korea

Kim Il Sung, 1978

Kim, Il Sung

1912- 1994

Soviet soldier taking a photograph of another soldier in Red Square, Moscow, 1959

Eastern Europe

Soviet Union

Portrait of Mao Zedong on Tiananmen Gate in Beijing, China, 1972.

East Asia

China

Gyeongbokgung

East Asia

South Korea

Placeholder image for when a Topics image is not available

North Korea's First Five-Year Plan, 1957-1961

North Korea-China friendship celebrated at the DPRK mass games

China-North Korea Relations

Press Briefing by Permanent Observer of Democratic People's Republic of Korea to the UN, 7 July 1976.

Inter-Korean Relations

Portrait of North Korean leader Kim Il Sung

Conversations with Kim Il Sung

Placeholder image for when a portrait image is not available

Puzanov, A. M.

-

Soviet Union-North Korea Relations

Placeholder image for when a Topics image is not available

North Korea August 1956 Plenum Incident

The Palace of the Republic (Palast der Republik) in Berlin

Eastern Europe

East Germany

Japan's Itsukushima Shrine

East Asia

Japan

Placeholder image for when a portrait image is not available

Ivanov, Vasily Ivanovich

-

Placeholder image for when a portrait image is not available

Nam, Il

1915- 1976

Placeholder image for when a portrait image is not available

Pak, Song-chol (Pak Seong-cheol)

1913- 2008

Placeholder image for when a portrait image is not available

Soviet Union. Embassy (Korea : North)

-

Results:

281 - 289 of 289

Display:

Sort By:

Documents

December 22, 1967	Letter from GDR Embassy in the DPRK to State Secretary Hegen The German Ambassador in the DPRK discusses domestic and foreign policy developments within the DPRK, including the cult of personality of Kim Il Sung and North Korea's relationship with China.
September 4, 1956	Memorandum of Conversation with the Ambassador of the Peoples Republic of China to the DPRK Qiao Xiaoguang Ambassador Ivanov in the DPRK speaks with PRC Ambassador on the four Koreans who spoke against Kim Il Sung that are being held at the Chinese border. Ivanov states that the Soviet Union is against criticizing Kim Il Sung.
July 24, 1958	A Note from Józef Knapik, Counselor of the PRL Embassy, regarding Agricultural Development in the DPRK and the Construction of the Gaecheon-Taeseong Irrigation System Józef Knapik describes the plans of the Korean Workers' Party to increase agricultural production in the DPRK by expanding agricultural areas, utilizing new crops, and through the construction of the Gaecheon-Taeseong irrigation system
September 4, 1959	A Document from E. Sagala, the 2nd Secretary of the PRL Embassy, regarding the Administrative Restructuring of the DPRK Government. E. Sagala reports on the administrative restructuring of the North Korean government and the relationship between administrative changes and economic development in the DPRK.
July 26, 1960	Record of Conversation between the Czech Ambassador in the DPRK with the Soviet Ambassador A report on a meeting between Kim Il Sung and Nikita Khrushchev in which the two discussed Soviet aid to North Korea and the trilateral relations between China, the Soviet Union, and North Korea.
November 2, 1960	An Assessment by the GDR Foreign Ministry of the Report from the GDR Embassy in Pyongyang regarding the Economic Situation of the DPRK for the 1st Semester of 1960 The GDR Foreign Ministry assess the economic failures of the DPRK, attributing the work of the (Korean Worker's) Party, including the partition of the 7-year plan and other problems in agriculture and industries, as the major cause.
December 13, 1960	Excerpts from 'Nodong Sinmun,' 13 December 1960 The report of General Ra Se-kjon describes the visit of the PRC Military Delegation to a number of factories, communes and memorials in the DPRK in October-November 1960. General Ra Se-kjon describes the success of the Korean economy: the success of post-War reconstruction; the 5-year plan; the increased productivity of certain factories; the collectivization, irrigation, and electrification of the countryside; as well as education and the eradication of illiteracy.
May 16, 1963	Memorandum of a Conversation between the Czech Ambassador to the DPRK, Comrade Moravec, with the Soviet Ambassador, Comrade Moskovskii, and the GDR Ambassador, Comrade Becker, on 23.IV.1963. The Ambassadors of Czechoslovakia, the Soviet Union, and East Germany discuss North Korea's foreign relations, the reunification of Korea, and economic conditions in the DPRK.
September 30, 1950	Memorandum from Gromyko to Stalin, 30 September 1950, with draft cable from Gromyko to Shtykov A message from Gromyko to Stalin relaying the assessment of Shtykov that it would be prudent for the Soviet Union to withdraw some nonessential embassy personnel and specialists from North Korea. Gromyko advises that withdrawals should be considered only in consultation with North Korea and the appropriate Soviet ministeries.