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Fyodor Tertitskiy
Fyodor Tertitskiy is a lecturer at Seoul’s Korea University. He is the author of "Accidental Tyrant: The Life of Kim Il-sung" and several other books on North Korean history and military.
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Analysis Contradictions in North Korean ideologyHave North Koreans stopped to think about the holes in the official message?
One of the most dangerous things for a dogmatic ideology – like the state ideology of North Korea – is its internal contradictions. If the doctrine is attacked from the outside, the blind faith of a believer is very hard to overcome. However, when one points out that it simultaneously teaches things which contradict themselves – faith is likely to start wavering. This article intends to do just that – point at the issues in which North Korea disagrees not with the outside world, but with itself. Unification through confederation vs Supremacy of socialism North Korea claims that the socio-political © Korea Risk Group. All rights reserved. |