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March 3, 1958

Proceedings of the First Party Conference of the Korean Workers' Party

A report on the first meeting of Korean Worker's Party delegates, discussing North Korea's five-year plan on economic development and ways to promote unity of the Party.

August 30, 1956

Speech by Kim Il Sung at the August Korean Workers' Party Central Committee Plenum

Kim Il Sung reflects upon the delegation he led to the USSR and other socialist states, and speaks about solidarity in the socialist bloc and peaceful reunification on the peninsula. He discusses the Three-Year Plan and the blueprint for the Five-Year Plan.

April 19, 1979

Telegram to the Minister of Foreign Affairs from the Director of the Korean Central Intelligence Agency, “Document regarding Forecasts on the North Korean Puppets' Foreign Loans from Western Countries and Its Redemption"

An analysis on North Korea's foreign loan situation in the 1970, including the scale of foreign loans, causes of debt accumulation, and forecasts on North Korea's redemption policy.

December 11, 1978

Telegram to Ministers of Commerce and Industry and Energy and Resources from the Minister of Foreign Affairs

Bby presenting evidence on North Korea's penetration into trade markets in Central and South America, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of South Korea urges the Ministries of Commerce and Industry and of Energy and Resources to establish plans for overseas trade activities and for obtaining foreign natural resources for year 1979.

July 5, 1947

What Every Political Party and Social Organization Must Demand on the Establishment of a Democratic Interim Government of Korea

A reprinting of Kim Il Sung's June 14, 1947, speech to the Democratic National United Front on the establishment of a democratic interim government. An appendix to the publication contains Kim Il Sung's June 23, 1947, speech, "To the Korean Youth Before the Establishment of the Democratic Interim Government."

December 25, 1948

The Operation of the People’s Economy and the System of Planning

Published by the State Planning Commission of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea in 1948, this pamphlet describes the economy of Korea during the colonial period and lays out the policy changes made since liberation.

January 14, 1954

Organizing Agricultural Cooperative Economy/Management

Three forms of cooperative economy/management and the principles of organization are explained.

October 12, 1956

Letter from Ri Sang-jo to the Korean Workers' Party Central Committee

Ri Sang-jo seeks to redress the issue of aid from the Soviet Union by reminding party members of the CPSU's friendship and assistance to the North Korean people both before and after the Korean War. Ri discloses Soviet criticism of Kim Il Sung's economic policies and the cult of personality during meetings held in Moscow in the summer of 1956 and insists that the DPRK learn from the experiences of the fraternal communist parties in economic planning and in their struggles against cults of personality.

March 28, 1972

Conversation with Kim Yeong-ju (1)

Jeong Hong-jin meets with Kim Yeong-ju and delivers a message to him from Lee Hu-rak, who expresses that he must meet with Kim as soon as possible in order to bring about peaceful unification and the exchange of material and human resources that will facilitate this. In response, Kim Yeong-ju delivers his own message focusing specifically on mutual distrust, political differences, and the need to pool economic resources.

November 12, 1999

Pak Chang-ok Biography

Soviet-Korean Pak Chang-ok encountered Kim Il Sung in an intense standoff in August 1956.